Data mining techniques in higher education research : the example of student retention

Data Mining has been used for more than a decade in a variety of differing environments. It takes an inductive approach to data analysis in that it is concerned with the extraction of patterns from the data often without preconceived ideas. Data mining is part of the field of Business Intelligence,...

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Main Author: Burley, Keith Martin
Other Authors: Ashworth, Peter ; Macdonald, Ranald
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437405