Information Package

Program of International Trade and Finance

TBS317

DATA MINING

Course Code
TBS317
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Explain the theory of basic concepts in data mining.
  2. Prepare a data warehouse from an operational database/databases.
  3. Explain the tasks of data mining.
  4. Explain the components of data mining.
  5. Explain the relationship between decision processes and business intelligence.
  6. Distinguish between data mining and other analytical methods and business intelligence solutions.
  7. Develop data mining projects in accordance with CRISP-DM and other data mining methodologies.
  8. Identify methods suitable for the data and the objective.
  9. Explain the statistical infrastructure of data mining.
  10. Apply linear regression analysis, logistic regression analysis, K-nearest neighbor, K-means clustering analysis, hierarchical clustering methods, decision trees, and association rules using data mining software.
  11. Use open-source data mining software.
  12. Implement and manage non-complex data mining projects.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course provides an overview of the definition of data mining, its application areas, techniques, and models. The course also covers the stages of data mining, which include defining the goal, creating a suitable dataset for the goal, cleaning and preprocessing the data, reducing and transforming the data, selecting the data mining learning algorithm, evaluating the model, interpreting the discovered knowledge, and examining data mining learning algorithms.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to data mining
2nd Week Data mining tasks
3rd Week Data mining tasks
4th Week Data mining components
5th Week Data mining components
6th Week Comparison of data mining and other analytical methods
7th Week Comparison of data mining and other analytical methods
8th Week Midterm exam
9th Week Decision processes, business intelligence, and data mining
10th Week Data mining methodology
11th Week Classification of data mining methods
12th Week Statistical infrastructure of data mining
13th Week Data mining methods and applications
14th Week Data mining methods and applications
Recommended or Required ReadingHand, D., Mannila, H., & Smyth, P. (2001). Principles of data mining. MIT Press.

Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., & Friedman, J. (2009). The elements of statistical learning: Data mining, inference, and prediction (2nd ed.). Springer Series in Statistics.

Witten, I. H., & Frank, E. (2005). Data mining: Practical machine learning tools and techniques (2nd ed.). The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Practice
  • Presentation
  • Experiment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Practice 1 20
Project 1 10
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 30 30
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework
Project 1 20 20
Performance Practice 1 10 10
Total Work Load152
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.06
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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