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Introduction to Decision Trees using KnowledgeSEEKER® 5.2

Duration: 2 days
Level 1
Course Overview:
A 2-day course that provides an introduction to Decision Trees, and how KnowledgeSEEKER® 5.2 can be used to build Data Profiles and Decision Tree Models in a variety of application areas. This course is intended for beginners and intermediate users, though experienced users too can benefit from it.
Course Outline:
  • Introduction: Data Mining, Best Practices
  • Data Preparation: Sampling, Pre-filtering, Creating new fields, Importing and Exporting formulas, Using Helpers
  • Data Profiling: Overview Report, Charts, Cross tabs and Correlation, Segment Viewer
  • Decision Trees: Understanding Decision Trees, Creating and shaping Trees, Modifying the attributes of the Decision Tree
  • Model Evaluation: Tree Validation, Using the Model Analyzer: Lift Curve, Cumulative Lift, K-S Statistic, Profit Curve
  • Deployment and Scoring: Code generation and Scoring Introduction to strategy trees

Course Outcome:
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
  • Source relevant data from databases
  • Prepare and profile data for analytical processing
  • Build decision trees to discover meaningful relationships
  • Generate or verify business rules
  • Perform multi-dimensional business analysis highlighting "hot spots" and "soft spots"
  • Incorporate business know-how in the analysis
  • Receive a certificate of completion
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