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What is Exploratory Data Analysis

Chapter 236
Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
Exploratory data analysis is a statistical approach rely on graphical techniques to get an initial idea of the data on hand. It can be regarded as a pre-statistical analysis before making any conclusions about data. The advantages of these techniques are being nondependent from distributions.
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Visualization of High Dimensional Data
Gokmen Zararsiz (Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey), Cenk Icoz (Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey), and Erdener Ozcetin (Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch236
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Growing Self-Organizing Maps for Data Analysis
Philosophy about how a data analysis should be carried out. Exploratory data analysis employs a variety of techniques (mostly graphical) to extract the knowledge inherent to the data.
Published in Chapter: Growing Self-Organizing Maps for Data Analysis; From: Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence
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Efficiency Analysis of a Surgery Roadmap Based on Lean Manufacturing Techniques, Simulation, and Data Envelopment Analysis
An approach to analyzing data sets to summarize their main characteristics, often employing statistical graphics and other data visualization methods. In healthcare, this method is vital for uncovering trends, patterns, and anomalies in patient or business data.
Published in Chapter: Efficiency Analysis of a Surgery Roadmap Based on Lean Manufacturing Techniques, Simulation, and Data Envelopment Analysis; From: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Methods for Maximizing Efficiency
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