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Data Science for Marketing Analytics - Second Edition

You're reading from  Data Science for Marketing Analytics - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800560475
Pages 636 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Authors (3):
Mirza Rahim Baig Mirza Rahim Baig
Profile icon Mirza Rahim Baig
Gururajan Govindan Gururajan Govindan
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Vishwesh Ravi Shrimali Vishwesh Ravi Shrimali
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface
1. Data Preparation and Cleaning 2. Data Exploration and Visualization 3. Unsupervised Learning and Customer Segmentation 4. Evaluating and Choosing the Best Segmentation Approach 5. Predicting Customer Revenue Using Linear Regression 6. More Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Regression Models 7. Supervised Learning: Predicting Customer Churn 8. Fine-Tuning Classification Algorithms 9. Multiclass Classification Algorithms Appendix

Data Models and Structured Data

When you build an analytical solution, the first thing that you need to do is to build a data model. A data model is an overview of the data sources that you will be using, their relationships with other data sources, where exactly the data from a specific source is going to be fetched, and in what form (such as an Excel file, a database, or a JSON from an internet source).

Note

Keep in mind that the data model evolves as data sources and processes change.

A data model can contain data of the following three types:

  • Structured Data: Also known as completely structured or well-structured data, this is the simplest way to manage information. The data is arranged in a flat tabular form with the correct value corresponding to the correct attribute. There is a unique column, known as an index, for easy and quick access to the data, and there are no duplicate columns. For example, in Figure 1.1, employee_id is the unique column. Using the data...
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