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Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau

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Product type Book
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460110
Pages 178 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (3):
Ruben Oliva Ramos Ruben Oliva Ramos
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Jen Stirrup Jen Stirrup
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Roberto Rösler Roberto Rösler
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
1. Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau 2. The Power of R 3. A Methodology for Advanced Analytics Using Tableau and R 4. Prediction with R and Tableau Using Regression 5. Classifying Data with Tableau 6. Advanced Analytics Using Clustering 7. Advanced Analytics with Unsupervised Learning 8. Interpreting Your Results for Your Audience Index

Interpreting your results


Sometimes groupings in data make immediate sense. When clustering by income and age, one could come across a group that can be labeled as young professionals.

In UN development indicators dataset, using the Describe dialog, one can clearly see that Cluster 1, Cluster 2, and Cluster 3 correspond to Underdeveloped, Developing, and Highly Developed countries, respectively. By doing so we're using k-means to compress the information that is contained in three columns and 180+ rows to just three labels. Clustering can sometimes also find patterns your dataset may not be able to sufficiently explain by itself.

For example, as you're clustering health records, you may find two distinct groups and why? is not immediately clear and describable with the available data, which may lead you to ask more questions and maybe later realize that difference was because one group exercised regularly while the other didn't, or one had an immunity to a certain disease. It may even indicate...

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