Introduction to Data Mining: Chapter 1 Lecture Notes

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What is the new mantra for data collection mentioned in the text?

Collect data from all sources without a purpose

According to the text, what is one of the reasons for the enormous data growth in commercial and scientific databases?

Advances in data generation and collection technologies

What is one of the examples of large-scale data sources given in the text?

Sensor Networks

According to the text, what has become cheaper and more powerful, leading to the need for data mining?

<p>Computers</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a reason mentioned in the text for the competitive pressure leading to the need for data mining?

<p>Provide better, customized services for an edge</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest about the value of gathered data?

<p>It will have value either for the purpose collected or for a purpose not envisioned</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of data mining?

<p>To explore and analyze large quantities of data in order to discover meaningful patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which field of study does data mining draw ideas from?

<p>Machine learning/AI, pattern recognition, statistics, and database systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the characteristics of data that make traditional techniques unsuitable for data mining?

<p>High dimensional, heterogeneous, complex, and distributed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two main types of data mining tasks mentioned in the text?

<p>Description and prediction methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of fMRI data in the context of data mining?

<p>It is used in scientific simulations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a potential application area for data mining as mentioned in the text?

<p>Finding alternative/green energy sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of data does NASA EOSDIS archives at enormous speeds?

<p>Earth science data</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using data mining in automated analysis of massive datasets?

<p>To discover meaningful patterns in the data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some characteristics of traditional techniques that may make them unsuitable for data mining?

<p>&quot;Large-scale&quot; and &quot;high dimensional&quot; data</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do we call the property or characteristic of an object in data mining?

<p>Feature</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term is also used to describe an attribute in data mining?

<p>Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the numbers or symbols assigned to an attribute for a particular object called?

<p>Attribute values</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the collection of attributes that describe an object in data mining?

<p>Record</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another term for the distance or similarity between data objects?

<p>Measure</p> Signup and view all the answers

In data mining, which term is used to describe the characteristic of an object, such as eye color of a person or temperature?

<p>Attribute</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another term used for the property or characteristic of an object in the context of data mining?

<p>Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term is used to describe the numbers or symbols assigned to an attribute for a particular object in data mining?

<p>Attribute values</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used in data mining for the collection of attributes that describe an object?

<p>Record</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another term for the distance or similarity between data objects in data mining?

<p>Measure</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attribute values only distinguish and do not possess the property of order?

<p>Nominal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of attribute values also order objects in addition to distinguishing them?

<p>Ordinal</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attribute values have meaningful differences between them but do not have meaningful ratios?

<p>Interval</p> Signup and view all the answers

Is it physically meaningful to say that a temperature of 10 ° is twice that of 5° on the Celsius scale?

<p>No, it is not physically meaningful.</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of measuring height above average, is it analogous to the situation of temperature in terms of meaningful ratios?

<p>No, it is not analogous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the examples of quantitative attributes mentioned in the text?

<p>{calendar dates, temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit}</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of attribute values have both meaningful differences and ratios?

<p>Ratio</p> Signup and view all the answers

What operations are meaningful for ratio variables?

<p>*, /</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between interval and ratio attributes in terms of meaningful ratios?

<p>Ratio attributes have meaningful ratios while interval attributes do not.</p> Signup and view all the answers

(BONUS) What are common examples of nominal attribute values mentioned in the text?

<p>{zip codes, employee ID numbers}</p> Signup and view all the answers

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