Discovering Knowledge in Data

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Chapter 6
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and income (<= $50,000 or >$50,000)

and income (<= $30,000 or >$30,000
Table 6.5 row 1 and 9 has values that are truncated, rather than
rounded.
0.1112 to 0.1113
Table 6.5 row 9 columns P-sub-L and P-sub-R:
0.833 should be in column P-sub-L, and 0.167 should be in
column P-sub-R.
3/8(0.9183) + 5/8(0.7219) = 0.7946
3/8(0.9183) + 5/8(0.7219) = 0.7956. It follows that, 0.9544
0.7946 = 0.1588 becomes 0.9544 0.7956 = 0.1588.
In Figure 6.7 (Records 5)
(Record 5)
In Figure 6.7 Savings - Med
Savings = Med
a training set of 24,986
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them have incomes below $50,000

them have incomes of at most $50,000

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education-num > 0.8333

education-num >= 0.8333

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both education groups, capital gains and capital loss

both education groups, capital-gain and capital-loss

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second split occurs on capital loss

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second split occurs on capital-loss

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Most of the few (756 records) who had higher capital loss had
incomes above $50,000.
In contrast, the majority of those who had higher capital loss (756
records) also had incomes above $50,000.

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which is made on marital status

which is made on Marital_Status
value of the same attribute as earlier, capital loss
value of the same attribute as earlier, capital-loss

Chapter 7
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If output > 0.75

If output >= 0.75

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need to be normalized to between zero and 1

need to be normalized to values between zero and 1

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W1 A = A (1) = 0.1(0.00123) = 0.000123

W0 A = A (1) = 0.1(0.00123)(1) = 0.000123

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24,986 cases
25,000 cases

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less than $50,000

less than or equal to $50,000
Since over 75% of the subjects have incomes below $50,000,
simply predicted less than $50,000

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Since over 75% of the subjects have incomes less than or equal to
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best predictor of whether a person has income less than $50,000

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best predictor of whether a person has income less than or equal

to $50,000

Chapter 8
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+1.412 = 7.88
+ 1.412 = 7.86
In Table 8.3, row h, column Cluster Membership should be
C1
2.63
= 0.3338
7.88
2.63
= 0.3346
=
7.86

In Table 8.4, row h, column Cluster Membership should be

C1

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+ 0.79 2 +1.06 2 = 6.25

+ 0.79 2 + 1.06 2 = 6.23

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2.93
= 0.4688
6.25
2.93
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is larger than the previous 0.3338

is larger than the previous 0.3346

Chapter 9
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in the ac-componying box

in the ac-companying box

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Node1 : (0.9 0.8) 2 +(0.8 0.1) 2 = 0.71

Node1 : (0.85 0.8) 2 + (0.8 0.1) 2 = 0.78

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Node1 : (0.9 0.2) 2 +(0.8 0.9) 2 = 0.71

Node1 : (0.85 0.2) 2 + (0.8 0.9) 2 = 0.66

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Node 2 : (0.9 0.2) 2 +(0.2 0.9) 2 = 0.99

Node 2 : (0.85 0.2) 2 +(0.15 0.9) 2 = 0.99

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Node 2 : (0.9 0.1) 2 +(0.2 0.1) 2 = 0.81

Node2 : (0.85 0.1) 2 + (0.15 0.1) 2 = 0.75

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Node3 : (0.1 0.1) 2 +(0.8 0.1) 2 = 0.70

Node3 : (0.15 0.1) 2 + (0.85 0.1) 2 = 0.75

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similar than clusters than are farther apart.

similar than clusters that are farther apart.

Chapter 10
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of the antecedent alone rather of than the antecedent

of the antecedent alone rather than the antecedent

with confidence 76.9%.

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with confidence 76.6%.

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= 0.001637

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= 0.001636

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Chapter 11

from the adult database using

from the adult data set using

association rule from Table 10.3:

association rule from Figure 10.6:
The Churn data set has 25,000 records.

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of loan defaults, average over all loans

of loan defaults, averaged over all loans

model 2 is preferable, provided slightly higher lift.

model 2 is preferable, by providing slightly higher lift.

Figures 6.5, 6.7, and 7.9, show that the

Figures 6.8, 6.9, and 7.10, show that the