An Introduction to Data Mining with Open-Source Technologies

Conference Year

Online Northwest 2018

Session

4

Type

Breakout Session

Presenters

• Blake Galbreath, Washington State University

Abstract

In this presentation, I will introduce various aspects of data mining using three open-source technologies: OpenRefine, Rapid Miner, and Voyant Tools. The goal is to better organize and understand data that is freely available or that is provided by your vendor. In order to do so, I demonstrate how to pull relevant data from a website, use text processing operators, and display data using multiple visualization tools. Level: Beginner.

Learning Outcomes

• Learn how to grab relevant data from a website with OpenRefine
• Learn how to use text processing operators in Rapid Miner
• Learn how to use various tools in Voyant to display data analysis
• Better understand discovery layer search string data

Links

• An Introduction to Data Mining with Open-Source Technologies (PDF)