Discussion & Assignment

Discussion – Intro to Data Mining

After completing the reading this week answer the following questions:

Chapter 3:

1. Note the basic concepts in data classification.

2. Discuss the general framework for classification.

3. What is a decision tree and decision tree modifier?  Note the importance.

4. What is a hyper-parameter?

5. Note the pitfalls of model selection and evaluation.

Text Book

Title: Introduction to Data Mining

ISBN: 9780133128901

Authors: Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach, Anuj Karpatne, Vipin Kumar

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Edition: 2nd Edition.

· ch 3 in textbook: Alternative Techniques

· Capri, H. (2016).  Data mining : principles, applications and emerging challenges  . Nova Publishers. Chapter 1.