Writing a Data Exploration Report

As you create graphs and run statistics on the available data, start forming hypotheses about how the data can answer the technical and business goals.

Task List

Take notes on your findings for inclusion in the data exploration report. Be sure to answer the following questions:

• What sort of hypotheses have you formed about the data?
• Which attributes seem promising for further analysis?
• Have your explorations revealed new characteristics about the data?
• How have these explorations changed your initial hypothesis?
• Can you identify particular subsets of data for later use?
• Take another look at your data mining goals. Has this exploration altered the goals?