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M. SekarMachine Learning for Auditorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8051-5_4

4. Data Analytics

Maris Sekar1  
(1)
Calgary, AB, Canada
 

Analyzing raw data for insights has been widely used, especially since the dot-com bubble. Data analytics is the process of analyzing data to draw insights for decision-making purposes. Through data mining, raw data can be refined to get useful information. Although this concept was touched on before in previous chapters, specific data analytics methods were not discussed.

This chapter will explore the use of data mining in data analysis and data science. Data mining is a process of extracting and discovering patterns in ...

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