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In addition to the text described above, the author provides a companion web site that contains the
data sets used in the text, an error list, and in the future will include solutions to the exercises. It might
be useful at a future date for the author to also post the SPSS Clementine, SAS Enterprise Miner, and
Insightful Miner projects that were used as examples in the text. It was obvious that a significant amount
of work went into these examples and students would certainly benefit from them. The author also provides
other resources and links on this companion web site that all data miners will find useful. One criticism is
that as of the time of the writing of this review, the publisher provided no links or references to this com-
panion web site. It was not difficult to locate the site via a web search, but there is still no reason not
to have the link at the publisherÕs site. For reference, the companion website is [Link]
[Link]/.
In summary, Discovering Knowledge in Data: An Introduction to Data Mining by Daniel T. Larose, Ph.D.
is a well-written book and a pleasure to read. Students who use this text should have no problem getting up
to speed in the field of data mining. They will be able to quickly generate mathematical models and will
understand their results. The book lays a good foundation for students who wish to continue their studies
and take more advanced classes in data mining. Additionally, this book is recommended for professionals
who will benefit from studying how another experienced data miner approaches the data mining process.
As stated above, there are some minor criticisms with this text, but they are outweighed by its many strong
points. Therefore, this book is recommended without reservation.
Donald K. Wedding
Vice President of Analytics
McDonald Financial Group Key Bank Corporation
Cleveland, OH, United States
E-mail address: Don_Wedding@[Link]
Available online 17 February 2005
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