Skip to Content
JMP® Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP®, 4th Edition
book

JMP® Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP®, 4th Edition

by John Sall, Lee Creighton, Ann Lehman
September 2007
Beginner
628 pages
12h 29m
English
SAS Institute
Content preview from JMP® Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP®, 4th Edition

Chapter 17. Exploratory Modeling

Overview

Exploratory modeling (sometimes known as data mining) is the process of exploring large amounts of data, usually using an automated method, to find patterns and discoveries. JMP has two platforms especially designed for exploratory modeling: the Partition platform and the Neural Net platform.

The Partition platforms recursively partitions data, automatically splitting the data at optimum points. The result is a decision tree that classifies each observation into a group. The classic example is turning a table of symptoms and diagnoses of a certain illness into a hierarchy of assessments to be evaluated on new patients.

The Neural Net platform implements a standard type of neural network. Neural nets are used ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Statistics: An Introduction Using R, 2nd Edition

Statistics: An Introduction Using R, 2nd Edition

Michael J. Crawley
Regression Analysis with R

Regression Analysis with R

Giuseppe Ciaburro, Pierre Paquay, Manoj Kumar, Shaikh Salamatullah

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781599945729