Chapter 3
Problem Definition (Step 1)
Purpose
The practical purpose of this chapter is to specifically characterize the information to be collected and organized during the problem definition step of a data mining spiral. Rather than developing these ideas in prose from which the reader must extract actionable chunks, the material is presented as a topically organized checklist of questions to be addressed.
Goals
After you have read this chapter, you will know what information you must obtain before beginning a data mining spiral, and you will know ...
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