3rd Edition

Statistical and Machine-Learning Data Mining: Techniques for Better Predictive Modeling and Analysis of Big Data, Third Edition

By Bruce Ratner Copyright 2017
    690 Pages
    by Chapman & Hall

    724 Pages 200 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    690 Pages 200 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    Interest in predictive analytics of big data has grown exponentially in the four years since the publication of Statistical and Machine-Learning Data Mining: Techniques for Better Predictive Modeling and Analysis of Big Data, Second Edition. In the third edition of this bestseller, the author has completely revised, reorganized, and repositioned the original chapters and produced 13 new chapters of creative and useful machine-learning data mining techniques. In sum, the 43 chapters of simple yet insightful quantitative techniques make this book unique in the field of data mining literature.



    What is new in the Third Edition:







    • The current chapters have been completely rewritten.






    • The core content has been extended with strategies and methods for problems drawn from the top predictive analytics conference and statistical modeling workshops.






    • Adds thirteen new chapters including coverage of data science and its rise, market share estimation, share of wallet modeling without survey data, latent market segmentation, statistical regression modeling that deals with incomplete data, decile analysis assessment in terms of the predictive power of the data, and a user-friendly version of text mining, not requiring an advanced background in natural language processing (NLP).






    • Includes SAS subroutines which can be easily converted to other languages.




    As in the previous edition, this book offers detailed background, discussion, and illustration of specific methods for solving the most commonly experienced problems in predictive modeling and analysis of big data. The author addresses each methodology and assigns its application to a specific type of problem. To better ground readers, the book provides an in-depth discussion of the basic methodologies of predictive modeling and analysis. While this type of overview has been attempted before, this approach offers a truly nitty-gritty, step-by-step method that both tyros and experts in the field can enjoy playing with.

    Preface to Third Edition



    Preface of Second Edition



    Acknowledgments



    Author




    1. Introduction



    2. Science Dealing with Data: Statistics and Data Science



    3. Two Basic Data Mining Methods for Variable Assessment



    4. CHAID-Based Data Mining for Paired-Variable Assessment



    5. The Importance of Straight Data Simplicity and Desirability for Good Model-Building Practice



    6. Symmetrizing Ranked Data: A Statistical Data Mining Method for Improving the Predictive Power of Data



    7. Principal Component Analysis: A Statistical Data Mining Method for Many-Variable Assessment



    8. Market Share Estimation: Data Mining for an Exceptional Case



    9. The Correlation Coefficient: Its Values Range between Plus and Minus 1, or Do They?



    10. Logistic Regression: The Workhorse of Response Modeling



    11. Predicting Share of Wallet without Survey Data



    12. Ordinary Regression: The Workhorse of Profit Modeling



    13. Variable Selection Methods in Regression: Ignorable Problem, Notable Solution



    14. CHAID for Interpreting a Logistic Regression Model



    15. The Importance of the Regression Coefficient



    16. The Average Correlation: A Statistical Data Mining Measure for Assessment of Competing Predictive Models and the Importance of the Predictor Variables



    17. CHAID for Specifying a Model with Interaction Variables



    18. Market Segmentation Classification Modeling with Logistic Regression



    19. Market Segmentation Based on Time-Series Data Using Latent Class Analysis



    20. Market Segmentation: An Easy Way to Understand the Segments



    21. The Statistical Regression Model: An Easy Way to Understand the Model



    22. CHAID as a Method for Filling in Missing Values



    23. Model Building with Big Complete and Incomplete Data



    24. Art, Science, Numbers, and Poetry



    25. Identifying Your Best Customers: Descriptive, Predictive, and Look-Alike Profiling



    26. Assessment of Marketing Models



    27. Decile Analysis: Perspective and Performance



    28. Net T-C Lift Model: Assessing the Net Effects of Test and Control Campaigns



    29. Bootstrapping in Marketing: A New Approach for Validating Models



    30. Validating the Logistic Regression Model: Try Bootstrapping



    31. Visualization of Marketing Models: Data Mining to Uncover Innards of a Model



    32. The Predictive Contribution Coefficient: A Measure of Predictive Importance



    33. Regression Modeling Involves Art, Science, and Poetry, Too



    34. Opening the Dataset: A Twelve-Step Program for Dataholics



    35. Genetic and Statistic Regression Models: A Comparison



    36. Data Reuse: A Powerful Data Mining Effect of the GenIQ Model



    37. A Data Mining Method for Moderating Outliers Instead of Discarding Them



    38. Overfitting: Old Problem, New Solution



    39. The Importance of Straight Data: Revisited



    40. The GenIQ Model: Its Definition and an Application



    41. Finding the Best Variables for Marketing Models



    42. Interpretation of Coefficient-Free Models



    43. Text Mining: Primer, Illustration, and TXTDM Software



    44. Some of My Favorite Statistical Subroutines





    Index

    Biography

    Bruce Ratner, The Significant StatisticianTM, is President and Founder of DM STAT-1 Consulting, the ensample for Statistical Modeling, Analysis and Data Mining, and Machine-learning Data Mining in the DM Space. DM STAT-1 specializes in all standard statistical techniques, and methods using machine-learning/statistics algorithms, such as its patented GenIQ Model, to achieve its clients' goals – across industries including Direct and Database Marketing, Banking, Insurance, Finance, Retail, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Publication & Circulation, Mass & Direct Advertising, Catalog Marketing, e-Commerce, Web-mining, B2B, Human Capital Management, Risk Management, and Nonprofit Fundraising. Bruce holds a doctorate in mathematics and statistics, with a concentration in multivariate statistics and response model simulation. His research interests include developing hybrid-modeling techniques, which combine traditional statistics and machine learning methods. He holds a patent for a unique application in solving the two-group classification problem with genetic programming.

    "I bought your book as it seemed to have the right mixture of statistical theory, practice, and common sense – finally! You can find the first often; the second occasionally; but the third, esp. in combination with the first two – never. I cannot thank you enough, Bruce! You are brilliant at assimilating, stating the underlying principles of analyses." ~Sandra Hendren, Sr. Lecturer, Harvard

    "Bruce Ratner’s recent 3rd edition of "Statistical and Machine-Learning Data Mining" is the best I’ve seen in my long career. It provides insightful methods for data mining, and innovative techniques for predictive analytics. The book is a valuable resource for experienced and newbie data scientists. Bruce’s book is my new data science bible. It is written in a clear style, and is an enjoyable read as it includes historical notes, which flow with the material." ~Jack Theurer, President, G. Theurer Assoc. Inc.

    "Your book has been very helpful when I was reviewing the manual for the Automatic Linear Modeling (ALM) in SPSS. It offers many insightful perspectives to use for future ALM features and improvements. This book is an excellent contribution to the literature of statistics, data mining, and machine learning. Thank you, Bruce." ~Patrick Yan, PhD, Professor, Arizona State Univ.

    "I heard one of my instructors in Coursera mention Bruce Ratner’s new book "Statistical and Machine-Learning Data Mining" during an online chat when he became tired of answering questions." ~Mike Richardson, Head of Hardware, Smartfrog, Inc.