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How to Use Data (Big and Small) to Solve Business Challenges

Richard Boire

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Data Mining for Managers

data mining for managers

Copyright © Richard Boire, 2014. All rights reserved.

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List of Figures

vii

Foreword

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

  1. Introduction

1

  2. Growth of Data Mining—An Historical Perspective

7

  3. Data Mining in the New Economy

15

  4. Using Data Mining for CRM Evaluation

23

  5. The Data Mining Process: Problem Identification

29

  6. The Data Mining Process: Creation of the Analytical File

41

  7. Data Mining Process: Creation of the Analytical File with External Data Sources

59

  8. Data Storage and Security

63

  9. Privacy Concerns Regarding the Use of Data

65

10. Types and Quality of Data

75

11. Segmentation

83

12. Applying Data Mining Techniques

95

13. Gains Charts

115

14. Using RFM as One Targeting Option

121

15. The Use of Multivariate Analysis Techniques