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Understanding the nine laws of data mining

Understanding the nine laws of data mining

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Understanding the nine laws of data mining

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- [Instructor] When I'm speaking at conferences or training new data scientists, I reference CRISP-DM quite often, but I truly love to quote the nine laws, why? Well quoting CRISP-DM is a bit like quoting from a user's guide, but the nine laws are more philosophical in nature and they really capture some subtle but important truths that might take years to figure out on your own. Now, I acknowledge that philosophical might have an almost negative connotation for some, but for me, the nine laws are eminently practical because if I truly understand what is going on, I won't stress when I encounter surprises or challenges. Studying these concepts will give you the steady hand and confidence of a veteran data miner. So how did the nine laws come about? Well, way back in the eighties and nineties, personal computers gave machine learning and statistics capability to a whole new generation of analysts. No longer tethered to…

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