Data miningor “Knowledge Discovery in Databases” is the process of discovering patterns in large data sets with artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, and database systems.
The overall goal of a data mining process is to extract information from a data set and transform it into an understandable structure for further use.
Here is a simple but fascinating example of how data mining helped dissipate wrong assumptions and conclusions about girls, and take action with tremendous social impact.
Via The Learning Factor
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