... of data and the data set, and various ways of structuring data in order to work with it. Problems that afflict the data and the data set (and also the miner!) were introduced. All of this data, ... looks like, and collected or discovered appropriate data, you can begin the process of data mining. Data mining is about working with data, which to a greater or lesser degree reflects ... description of the data exploration process, data, data sets, and mining tools with data preparation into a whole. Later chapters discuss the detail of what needs to be done to prepare data, and how...