DESCRIPTION
" Covers fundamental
concepts before moving on to practical applications
" Provides
user-friendly SAS macro-call files through a supporting Web site at
http://www.ag.unr.edu/gf/dm.html which also contains tips, updates, datasets, and an
e-mail support service
" Contains step-by-step
instructions for performing data mining on sample datasets
" Includes guidelines
for performing complete data analysis, including sampling, data exploration, violation
checking, model validations, and options for report generation
Sold separately, a companion
CD-ROM contains all of the datasets, macro call-files, and the actual SAS macro files used
in the book. See ISBN number 1-58488-379-0, Data Mining Using SAS Applications CD-ROM.
Most books on data mining
focus on principles and furnish few instructions on how to carry out a data mining
project. Data Mining Using SAS Applications not only introduces the key concepts but also
enables readers to understand and successfully apply data mining methods using powerful
yet user-friendly SAS macro-call files. These methods stress the use of visualization to
thoroughly study the structure of data and check the validity of statistical models fitted
to data.
" Learn how to convert
PC databases to SAS data
" Discover sampling
techniques to create training and validation samples
" Understand frequency
data analysis for categorical data
" Explore supervised
and unsupervised learning
" Master exploratory
graphical techniques
" Acquire model
validation techniques in regression and classification
The text furnishes 13
easy-to-use SAS data mining macros designed to work with the standard SAS modules. No
additional modules or previous experience in SAS programming is required. The author shows
how to perform complete predictive modeling, including data exploration, model fitting,
assumption checks, validation, and scoring new data, on SAS datasets in less than ten
minutes!
Table of Contents
DATA MINING - A GENTLE
INTRODUCTION
Data Mining: Why Now?
Benefits of Data Mining
Data Mining: Users
Data Mining Tools
Data Mining Steps
Problems in Data Mining
Process
SAS Software: The Leader in
Data Mining
User-Friendly SAS Macros for
Data Mining
PREPARING DATA FOR DATA
MINING
Data Requirements in Data
Mining
Ideal Structures of Data for
Data Mining
Understanding the
Measurement Scale of Variables
Entire Database vs.
Representative Sample
Sampling for Data Mining
SAS Applications Used in
Data Preparation
EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS
Exploring Continuous
Variable
Data Exploration:
Categorical Variable
SAS Macro Applications Used
in Data Exploration
UNSUPERVISED LEARNING
METHODS
Applications of Unsupervised
Learning Methods
Principal Component Analysis
(PCA)
Exploratory Factor Analysis
(EFA)
Disjoint Cluster Analysis
(DCA)
Bi-Plot Display of PCA, EFA,
and DCA Results
PCA And EFA Using SAS Macro
FACTOR
Disjoint Cluster Analysis
Using SAS Macro DISJCLUS
SUPERVISED LEARNING METHODS:
PREDICTION
Applications of Supervised
Predictive Methods
Multiple Linear Regression
Modeling
Binary Linear Regression
Modeling
Multiple Linear Regression
Using SAS Macro REGDIAG
Lift Chart Using SAS Macro
LIFT
Scoring New Regression Data
Using the SAS Macro RSCORE
Logistic Regression Using
SAS Macro LOGISTIC
Scoring New Logistic
Regression Data Using the SAS Macro LSCORE
Case Study 1: Modeling
Multiple Linear Regression
Case Study 2: Modeling
Multiple Linear Regression with Categorical Variables
Case Study 3: Modeling
Binary Logistic Regression
SUPERVISED LEARNING METHODS:
CLASSIFICATION
Discriminant Analysis
Stepwise Discriminant
Analysis
Canonical Discriminant
Analysis (CDA)
Discriminant Function
Analysis (DFA)
Applications of Discriminant
Analysis
Classification Tree Based on
CHAID
Applications of CHAID
Discriminant Analysis Using
SAS Macro DISCRIM
Decison Tree Using SAS Macro
'CHAID'
Case Study1: CDA and
Parametric DFA
Case Study2: Non-Parametric
DFA
Case Study3: Classification
Tree Using CHAID
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN
DATA MINING
Data Warehousing
Artificial Neural Network
Methods
Market Basket Analysis
SAS Software: The Leader in
Data Mining
APPENDIX: INSTRUCTION FOR
USING THE SAS MACROS
INDEX
Each chapter also contains
an introduction, a summary, references, list of figures, and suggested further reading.
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