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Article: Data Mining Using SAS Applications.(Book Review)
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- Technometrics
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- May 1, 2004
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 American Statistical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Data Mining Using SAS Applications, by George FERNANDEZ, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2003, ISBN 1-58488-345-6, xv + 367 pp., $79.95.
This book presents a high-level introduction to some of the concepts and algorithms in data mining together with instructions for using a set of accompanying SAS macros (on CD and a website) that implements the algorithms introduced. The macros package SAS procedures together to enable users to analyze data without writing SAS programs. One side benefit is that they provide guidance on the various types of analysis that should be performed in attacking certain problems. A number of detailed worked-out case studies supplement ...