Week 1 - Intro / Association Rules

Learning Objectives

After today's class, you should be able to:

• Familiarize yourself with the foundational concepts of data mining and effectively navigate the course website and materials to access the syllabus, calendar, lectures, and assignments.
• Understand and apply association rule mining techniques to identify patterns, relationships, and correlations within large datasets, including the concepts of support, confidence, and lift.

Class Agenda

• Course Overview
• Introduction Slides
• [5 min] Break
• Association Rules Slides

Task List

• Optional Reading: Chapters 1-2 - Introduction and Overview of the Machine Learning Process
• Required Reading: Chapter 15.1 - Association Rules
• Complete and Submit HW1_Association_Rules on Canvas.

Additional Resources

Machine Learning for Business Analytics: Concepts, Techniques and Applications in Python 2nd Edition HW1_Association_Rules_Worksheet