Information Package

Master's of Insurance and Risk Management without Thesis (Distance Education)

SRU527

ADVANCED DATA MINING

Course Code
SRU527
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. will be able to explain the theory of the basic concepts of data mining
  2. will be able to prepare the data warehouse from operational database(s)
  3. will be able to explain the data mining tasks
  4. will be able to explain the components of data mining
  5. will be able to explain the relationship between decision processes and business intelligence
  6. will be able to differentiate data mining methods from the other analytical methods and business intelligence solutions
  7. will be able to prepare data mining projects according to the CRISP-DM and the other data mining methodologies
  8. will be able to identify the proper data mining method according to the data and the goals
  9. will be able to explain the statistical infrastructure of data mining
Mode of DeliveryE-Learning
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course provides students with a general knoıwledge on data mining techniques, and analyzing data sets and commenting on the results.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to data mining
2nd Week Data mining tasks
3rd Week Data mining tasks
4th Week Components of data mining
5th Week Components of data mining
6th Week Comparison of data mining and the other analytical methods
7th Week Comparison of data mining and the other analytical methods
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Decision processes, business intelligence and data mining
10th Week Methodology of data mining
11th Week Classification of data mining methods
12th Week Statistical infrastructure of data mining
13th Week Data mining methods and their applications
14th Week Data mining methods and their applications
Recommended or Required Reading1. Hand, David, Mannila, Heikki and Smyth, Padhraic. Principles of Data Mining. MIT Press, London, 2001.
2. Hastie, Trevor, Tibshirani, Robert and Friedman, Jerome. The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction (Second Edition). Springer Series in Statistics, 2009.
3. Witten, Ian H. and Frank, Eibe. Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (Second Edition), The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems), 2005.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Problem Solving
  • Presentation
  • Experiment
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 1 20
Total(%) 20
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 20
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 80
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 12 168
Preparation for Final exam 1 65 65
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 30 30
Total Work Load307
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.23
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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