Data Mining

Option #1: Northwind Data Mining and Statistical Analysis Project – Planning

The objective of the Portfolio Project is mining data from a data warehouse, which contains data from the Northwind database you constructed during the installation of PostgreSQL.

Review the Portfolio Project milestone requirements in Modules 3 and 6, and the Portfolio Project requirements in Module 8 for a better understanding of the entire effort.

Summary of Tasks for the Portfolio Project

Data Warehouse:

• Create a data warehouse database, including the fact and dimension tables (star schema).
• Create the schema for each table.
• Populate the tables using either ETL (Pentaho) or SQL (PostgreSQL).

Preprocessing for SAS:

• Extract data from the data warehouse, creating a file for input into SAS. The format of the file is your choice. Ensure SAS University Edition accepts your selected format.

Statistical Analysis Using SAS:

• Import data created in the preprocessing step.
• Conduct statistical analysis using the appropriate statistics from each category:
  • Summary statistics
  • Classification
  • Clustering
  • Association
• Prepare an analysis report.

Milestone Deliverables:

• A detailed plan including the tasks, activities, and software requirements
• A brief description of any challenges you might face in completing the Portfolio Project

Your paper must meet the following requirements:

• Be 2-3 pages in length, not including the cover and references pages.
• Follow the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with at least two fully developed paragraphs, and a conclusion.
• Be clearly and well written using excellent grammar and style techniques. Be concise and logical. You are being graded, in part, on the quality of your writing. If you need assistance with your writing style, you can find many writing resources in the CSU-Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Be supported with at least two peer-reviewed, scholarly references. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. is a great place to find these resources.

Refer to the Portfolio Project milestone rubric in the Module 3 folder for more information on the expectations for this assignment.