Saúl Z. Martínez

Saúl Z. Martínez

M.S. Advanced Data Analytics

As my final project for the Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery course, I created a side-by-side comparison tool to explore the 2019 ratings of any two schools or districts in Texas.

Originally created using Excel using advanced look up functions and formulas, it has been transferred to Google sheets. Make a copy to interact and utilize it. My plan is to make an improved, web based version of this tool.

Course Description: Introduction to data analysis, data mining, text mining and knowledge discovery principles, concepts, theories and practices. Designed for the aspiring or practicing information professional and covers the basics of working with data from a hands-on and practical perspective.

TOOLS: Excel, RapidMiner

SKILLS: Spreadsheet Modeling Basics - Lookup, Index, Match Functions, Pivot Tables, Array Formulas, Charts and Dashboards Data Mining Basics - Data Prep, Correlation Methods, Association Rules, K-Means Clustering, Discriminant Analysis, k-nearest neighbors, Naive Bayes, Text Mining, Decision Trees, Neural Networks

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