Data mining
Data mining means using statistical-mathematical methods on a set of data in order to identify specific patterns within the data. The analysis tool is often applied in connection with large data sets. But there are also interesting applications for smaller data sets if the data formation process is neglected.
There does not take place any kind of results assessment in data mining, e.g. concerning the awareness of patterns or trivialities.
To sum it up data mining is, in a typical case, a technology that automatically identifies interrelations between two and more variables in large data sets. Explorative data analysis is in the foreground in this respect.
See also:
Statistical methods
Data base
