Summary

This chapter covered the basic statistics and data terminology that are required for working in data mining. The final portion of the chapter was dedicated to a full working example, which combined the types of techniques that will be introduced later on in this book. After reading this chapter, you should have a better understanding of the thought processes behind analysis and the common steps taken to address a problem statement that you may encounter in the field. The subsequent chapters will explore each aspect of the example in more depth, with the next chapter focusing on collecting data, loading it into memory, and exploring it with ease.