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Data Science & Big Data Analytics

Discovering, Analyzing, Visualizing and Presenting Data

EMC Education Services

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Data Science & Big Data Analytics: Discovering, Analyzing, Visualizing and Presenting Data

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About the Key Contributors

David Dietrich heads the data science education team within EMC Education Services, where he leads the

curriculum, strategy and course development related to Big Data Analytics and Data Science. He co-au- thored the first course in EMC's Data Science curriculum, two additional EMC courses focused on teaching leaders and executives about Big Data and data science, and is a contributing author and editor of this

book. He has filed 14 patents in the areas of data science, data privacy, and cloud computing. David has been an advisor to severa l universities looking to develop academic programs related to data

analytics, and has been a frequent speaker at conferences and industry events. He also has been a a guest lecturer at universi- ties in the Boston area. His work has been featured in major publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and the 2014 Massachusetts Big Data Report, commissioned by Governor Deval Patrick.

Involved with analytics and technology for nearly 20 years, David has worked with many Fortune 500 companies over his career, holding multiple roles involving analytics, including managing analytics and operations teams, delivering analytic con-

sulting engagements, managing a line of analytical software products for regulating the US banking industry, and developing Sohware-as-a-Service and BI-as-a-Service offerings. Additionally, David collaborated with the U.S. Federal Reserve in develop-

ing predictive models for monitoring mortgage portfolios. Barry Heller is an advisory technical education consultant at EMC Education Services. Barry is a course developer and cur-

riculum advisor in the emerging technology areas of Big Data and data science. Prior to his current role, Barry was a consul- tant research scientist leading numerous analytical initiatives within EMC's Total Customer Experience organization. Early in his EMC career, he managed the statistical engineering group as well as led the

data warehousing efforts in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. Prior to joining EMC,

Barry held managerial and analytical roles in reliability engineering functions at medical diagnostic and technology companies. During his career, he has applied his quantitative skill set to a myriad of business applications in the Customer Service, Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales/Marketing, Finance, and Legal

arenas. Underscoring the importance of strong executive stakeholder engagement, many of his successes

have resulted from not only focusing on the technical details of an analysis, but on the decisions that will be resulting from the analysis. Barry earned a B.S. in Computational Mathematics from the Rochester Institute ofTechnology and an M.A. in

Mathematics from the State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz. Beibei Yang is a Technical Education Consultant of EMC Education Services, responsible for developing severa l open courses

at EMC related to Data Science and Big Data Analytics. Beibei has seven years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to EMC she worked as a sohware engineer, systems manager, and network manager for a Fortune 500 company where she introduced

new technologies to improve efficiency and encourage collaboration. Beibei has published papers to

prestigious conferences and has filed multiple patents. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has a passion toward natural language processing and data

mining, especially using various tools and techniques to find hidden patterns and tell stories with data. Data Science and Big Data Analytics is an exciting domain where the potential of digital information is maximized for making intelligent business decisions. We believe that this is an area that will attract a lot of talented students and professionals in the short, mid, and long term.

Acknowledgments

EMC Education Services embarked on learning this subject with the intent to develop an "open" curriculum and certification. It was a challenging journey at the time as not many understood what it would take to be a true

data scientist. After initial research (and struggle), we were able to define what was needed and attract very talented professionals to work on the project. The course, "Data Science and Big Data Analytics," has become

well accepted across academia and the industry. Led by EMC Education Services, this book is the result of efforts and contributions from a number of key EMC organizations and supported by the office of the CTO, IT, Global Services, and Engineering. Many sincere

thanks to many key contributors and subject matter experts David Dietrich, Barry Heller, and Beibei Yang for their work developing content and graphics for the chapters. A special thanks to subject matter experts John Cardente and Ganesh Rajaratnam for their active involvement reviewing multiple book chapters and

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Contents Introduction ................ . .. . .....• . •.. ... .... •..... .. .. . .. . .......... .. ... . ..................... •.•...... xvii

Chapter 1 • Introduction to Big Data Analytics ................... . . . ....................... 1

1.1 Big Data Overview ..................... ....... .....•... • ...... . . . ........ • .. ... . . ... ....... ....... 2 1.1.1 Data Structures .. . .. . . . .. ................ ... ... . .. . ...... . .. .. .... . .................... ..... . .. . . . .. 5 1.1.2 Analyst Perspective on Data Repositories . ............................. . .......... .......•. ... ... .. .. 9

1.2 State of the Practice in Analytics ................................................................. . 11 1.2.1 Bl Versus Data Science .............. .... ....... . .. . ........... . . . .... . ....................... .. .... 12 1.2.2 Current Analytical Architecture ... . .... .• . . ................ .... .............. .... .... ...... •.. . ..... 13 1.2.3 Drivers of Big Data .................................................... . . . .. ................. .. ... . . 15 1.2.4 Emerging Big Data Ecosystem and a New Approach to Analytics .. ....... ...... . ............ .. ....... 16

1.3 Key Roles for the New Big Data Ecosystem ....... ..... ......... . ....... . ..... .. .................... 19 1.4 Examples of Big Data Analytics ... .... .......... .... . ... ....... ... .... . ...... . .................... 22 Summary .............. ............ ... ... ......... .... • ... •....... ........ .. • ..•... . ................ 23 Exercises ..................... .... ..... .. ...... . ......•......... .. .. . ... .... . ..•.................... 23 Bibliography ........................... .... .. ... ... ... •................... .. • ...... ..... ..... ....... 24

Chapter 2 • Data Analytics Lifecycle ..................................................... . 25 2.1 Data Analytics Lifecycle Overview ... ..... . ............. • ...... •.. ..... ...... • ... •............. . . . 26

2.1.1 Key Roles for a Successful Anolytics Project .... . .. . .... .... . ........ . .. .. . ..•......... •. •....... . .. . . 26 2.1.2 Background and Overview of Data Analytics Lifecyc/e .......................... . .......•... . ..... ... 28

2.2 Phase 1: Discovery ..... .. .. .. . ............................. . ..•..................... •........... . 30 2.2.1 Learning the Business Domain .. . ....... ... ..•.•. •.... . .. ..... . . .. . ...................•........... .30 2.2.2 Resources . . ... . ................... . ...... . ......................... ..... ............. •.......•.... 31 2.2.3 Framing the Problem ............•.... . ...................................•......... •.•.... . . ...... 32 2.2.41dentifying Key Stakeholders ... .. ....................... ... . ... ......... .... . ....... •. . .......... . . 33 2.2.51nterviewing the Analytics Sponsor ...... ........ ...... .. .......... .... ... .. ... ..... .. ........... ... 33 2.2.6 Developing Initial Hypotheses ................. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . ... .... .. ........... . . •............ . . 35 2.2.71dentifying Potential Data Sources . ... ...•. •.. .... . . .. . ......•. •.......... . ....... . ..... . ... . .. .. . . 35

2.3 Phase 2: Data Preparation ...........................................................•...•..•..... 36 2.3.1 Preparing the Analytic Sandbox ............... . ...................... ... •. •.......•.......... .. .... 37 2.3.2 Performing ETLT ..................................................................•.•.......•... .. . 38 2.3.3 Learning About the Data .. ..... . .............. .. ........................•.•.......•.•........ ..... . 39 2.3.4 Data Conditioning ....... .. ....•.......... . ....................... .. . .. . . . ......•. •............. .. .40 2.3.5 Survey and Visualize . . . ... .. .... .. .. ...... . . ..... .. . .................. . . •. ...... . .•.. .. .. .. . . . ..... 41 2.3.6 Common Tools for the Data Preparation Phase . . . .... .. ..... ....... . •......... •.• .•.. .. ..... .. .. . . .42

2.4 Phase 3: Model Planning ............................•................. . ... . .. •..... .....•........ 42 2.4.1 Data Exploration and Variable Selection . . ... . . .. . ......... •... . ... . . ........ . .............. .. .. . . . .44 2.4.2 Model Selection . ... ................ . .. . . . ................ •.......•...•.......................... . .45 2.4.3 Common Tools for the Model Planning Phase . ...........•....... . . •. ........................... . . . .45

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2.5 Phase 4: Model Building ...... .................. ...... •. ... ..... .... • ... •. . •. .. •.........•...•.... 46 2.5.1 Common Tools for the Mode/Building Phase ...... .. .. . ..... .. ..... . ....... . .. . . .. . . .. . .... . . .. . .... 48

2.6 Phase 5: Communicate Results ......... .... ...... . ... •........ ........ ... . •..... .....•. ..... •.... 49 2.7 Phase 6: Operationalize ... ... ....... ... . .. ........ ....... ... ........... •. . •. . ... ....... .......... SO 2.8 Case Study: Global Innovation Network and Analysis (GINA) ................. •...................... 53

2.8.1 Phase 1: Discovery ................................................................................. 54 2.8.2 Phase 2: Data Preparation .... •........ . ...................................................... . .... 55 2.8.3 Phase 3: Model Planning . . . ...•.•. . . .. . . ..... .. . . .. . ..... .. .. ... ...... . . . ................... . . . .. . . 56 2.8.4 Phase 4: Mode/Building ..... . ....•.. .. .. .......... . .............. . . .. . ... . . ....... .. . .... ... . .. . . . 56 2.8.5 Phase 5: Communicate Results .. . . ..... . ...... .. ...... ... .. . .. . . ..................... ...... ........ 58 2.8.6 Phase 6: Operationalize . . ... ......•..... ..• .. . . . .. . . ..............•................................ 59

Summary ................................. • ................. •..•.. •.......•.....••........ . ....•.... 60 Exercises .................................•.... .. ..............•. . •....................... . . . . . •.... 61 Bibliography ....• . .••...................................•.... . . • ..... .. ............................. 61

Chapter 3 • Review of Basic Data Analytic Methods Using R . . . . . . .. . ... . .. .. . ... . . . . . .. ... . 63

3.1 Introduction toR ............................ ... .................................... ..... ......... 64 3.1.1 R Graphical User Interfaces . ............ . ............................... ...... . .. ... . . . ... ....... ... 67 3.1.2 Data Import and Export. . ......... . .. ............. ........... ........... .................... ....... 69 3.1.3 Attribute and Data Types . .......... .. ...... . ....................................................... 71 3.1.4 Descriptive Statistics ....................... . . . ..................................................... 79

3.2 Exploratory Data Analysis .............. • ... . .• •.............•........... . .................... .... 80 3.2.1 Visualization Before Analysis ........ . ..................................................•........... 82 3.2.2 Dirty Data ............ .. ................................................ . ........... ...•...... .... . 85 3.2.3 Visualizing a Single Variable ........ •.. . ................ .. .. . . ........... . .... ....... •.. . . . .... .. . . 88 3.2.4 Examining Multiple Variables . .... .... ....• . .. . ... .......... .............. ...... . .. .. .............. 91 3.2.5 Data Exploration Versus Presentation ...... . ........ •. . . . .. . . ..... ...... ................... ...... .. 99

3.3 Statistical Methods for Evaluation .................... . .. .• ......... ... . .. .................... . .. 101 3.3.1 Hypothesis Testing ........ ........ .......... .... ............................ . .. . ...... .. ...... . ... 102 3.3.2 Difference of Means ...... . .... .. . .... ..... . ..................................................... 704 3.3.3 Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test ................•........................ ... .. . ... . .................. •... 108 3.3.4 Type I and Type II Errors ... . ...... . .. . .................. . ........ . .. .... .. ......................... 109 3.3.5 Power and Sample Size .....•.. . . .. . ... ...... . ........ ....... .............. ....... .. .... .......... 110 3.3.6 ANOVA ................. . .. ......... . . .... .. . . ... .... ........ . . .. ..... . ... .. .. .... . •. •.......•... . 110

Summary ...... ............. • ....... ...... ....• .. •... • ............................... •......•...... 114 Exercises ...... ......... ......................... . ............... ...... . ... ... ....... •............. 114 Bibliography ................................... . . . ................. .................. •.... . . .. . .... 11 5

Chapter 4 • Advanced Analytical Theory and Methods: Clustering .. . . .. . .. . ... . .. . . . ... . .. 117

4.1 Overview of Clustering ........ ...... ......... .. ................................................. 118 4.2 K-means ............... ....... ... ....................... .. ........ . ... . .......... . .... . .... .... 118

4.2.1 Use Cases ..... .. ............. . •.....• ... ... .. ..... ........ .......... . . .. ........ ...... ... .. . ...... 119 4.2.2 Overview of the Method . ............ ....... ... . .. ........ ................... ... ... .. . .•. ..... . .. . 120 4.2.3 Determining the Number of Clusters . . . .. .. •. •...................... . .......... ..... .. ... ...... . ... 123 4.2.4 Diagnostics .. ......................... ...•.... ........... ..... ....................... .. .. ....... . 128

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4.2.5 Reasons to Choose and Cautions .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. ... . ..... ... .. .. . . •. •. •. . ...•. • .•. ... . ..... ... 730 4.3 Additional Algorithms .............. ... . . . . .. . ...... . ... . ........ .• .. .. . .. ................ .. .... 134 Summary ......... .... ........................ .. . ....................... . . . ..•.. . .................. 135 Exercises ........... ..................... . . ..... . ............................... . .......... .. ..... . 135 Bibliography ............................. ....... ................................ . .................. 136

Chapter 5 • Advanced Analytical Theory and Methods: Association Rules .................. 137

5.1 Overview .... . . ... ........................................ .. . .. . ..... . .. .................. .. .... 138 5.2 A priori Algorithm ........... . ............... . . ....... ... . . .... . . ..... .......... .. ......... ... ... 140 5.3 Evaluation of Candidate Rules ....................... . ... .. . .. ..... •....... . ................ ..... 141 5.4 Applications of Association Rules ............ ... ..... . ..... . . . ... ..... . . .. . . . ...... .............. 143 5.5 An Example: Transactions in a Grocery Store ... . .................... .... . . ... .......... ........... 143

5.5.1 The Groceries Dataset ................... . . .. .............. •........... •... . .......•............... 144 5.5.2 Frequent ltemset Generation . . ........................... .. ......... . . •. •......... •............... 146 5.5.3 Rule Generation and Visualization ...... . ... . ......................... . .•. •.... .•. •........... . .. . 752

5.6 Validation and Testing ........... . ... .... . . ............................................. . ....... 157 5.7 Diagnostics .. .... ..................... . .. . . ..... . ............ . ... . . ... . ...... . ......... .. .... . . . 158 Summary ....... .. ................ . ..... ... . . .. . . ...... .... .... . ........ . . .... ..... .............. . . 158 Exercises ................................ ... . . . ........ . ................. . .... ....... ......... . .... 159 Bibliography ................................ . .. .... ..... ............ ..... . ... ........... ... . ...... . 160

Chapter 6 • Advanced Analytical Theory and Methods: Regression .................. . ..... 161

6.1 Linear Regression .......... . .......... . .. . .. .. ...... . ............ .... . . . ....... ........... ...... 162 6.1.1 UseCases . . . ... . . . .. . ...... ..... ......................... .. . ....... .... .... .. ...... . .......... . .. . /62 6.1.2 Model Description .. ... .. . .. . ..... . ........... . .. . .. .... . . •. ..... . •.•.• . ...... . .•............. . .. . 163 6.1.3 Diagnostics ....................... . .... .. . . . . . . ....... •.•.• .....•. •.•...... .• . •.•.. . .. . .... . . . . . . . 773

6.2 Logistic Regression ............ ........ . ..... ................................ . ......... .. .. . .. .. 178 6.2.1 Use Cases ...... . ....................................... .... ................ .... ................... 179 6.2.2 Model Description ........ .. .... ... •..... . .... ........ .. .. •. ..... ... . .•. •...• .•................... 179 6.2.3 Diagnostics ................. ..... ...... . . .. ............•. •. ........•. ..... .• .•................... 181

6.3 Reasons to Choose and Cautions ....... . . .... .. .... ............ ........... ......... ....... ..... . 188 6.4 Additional Regression Models ............ ... .. ...... . ... . ............. . ... ........ ........... ... 189 Summary ........... .... . ............ . ....... . .........•... . ...... . ...... ... . .. . . ... .. ........... . . 190 Exercises ............ .. .......... .. . .. ................ .. .. .. ............ . . .. .......... . . . .. .. .... . . 190

Chapter 7 • Advanced Analytical Theory and Methods: Classification ...... . .......... . .... 191

7.1 Decision Trees ... .. ............... ...... ............ ............. .......... .............. ... .... 192 7.1.1 Overview of a Decision Tree ...... . .................... .. . ........................ .. .... ..... . ...... 193 7.1.2 The General Algorithm . .............. .............. ... ..•. ... .............. .• .. .. ........ .... . .. . . 197 7.1.3 Decision Tree Algorithms ............. .. . .... .. ......•. . .•.. ... •. •... .... . .... ... . .............. .. 203 7.1.4 Evaluating a Decision Tree ............. . . •... . ... . ...•... .... . ....... . .................... . ... . . . . 204 7.1.5 Decision Trees in R . . . .. ................ ...... .. .. ..... ..... .... .................. . ..... ........ .. 206

7.2 Na'lve Bayes . .... ... ................ . ..... . ...... . .......... . .. . ... . ..... .. ..... ......... . ...... 211 7.2.1 Bayes' Theorem . . .. . ........................ . ..................................................... 212 7.2.2 Nai've Bayes Classifier ................... •... . ... ..... .......•.................................. .. . 214

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7.2.3 Smoothing . ............... .................... . .. . ........ . .. . ...... .. •. .. .......... .. .......... . 277 7.2.4 Diagnostics .. . ........... . ..................... .. .... . .•......... •.•.....•...•........ . . . ......... 217 7.2.5 Nai've Bayes in R ............... . . .. . .....•... .. . ...•.•.........•.•.. .. . .. •. •.•.... ........ . .. .... . 278

7.3 Diagnostics of Classifiers ............ •...... ........... •.......... ...•...• .. •... •. .... ........... 224 7.4 Additional Classification Methods .... • ... • ...... • ............. • .................•... .... ......... 228 Summary ................. ..... ............ • ......•.............. .. ..........................•..... 229 Exercises .................. ... ......... .... .........................•.... . . . .................•..... 230 Bibliography ...... . ..........•......... .... ........... . ... . .............. ... ...•................... 231

Chapter 8 • Advanced Analytical Theory and Methods: Time Series Analysis . . .. ... . ... . .. . 233

8.1 Overview of Time Series Analysis ....... ....... ................ ......................... .... ..... 234 8.1.1 Box-Jenkins Methodology ................... . .. .... ...... . .................... . .. ..... ............ 235

8.2 ARIMA Model. ................ . .. . ....... •..•..... .. ...... . ... •................. • ... . ..•........ 236 8.2.1 Autocorrelation Function (ACF) .. ......... ...................... ... ........ . ......... . .. ..... ..... 236 8.2.2 Autoregressive Models . ...... ... ............ . . . .. •. ... ..... ... . .. ... ... . ......... . ....... .. . . .... 238 8.2.3 Moving Average Models . .. .. . .................................... .................... •..... . .... . 239 8.2.4 ARMA and ARIMA Models ............. . .................................•...........•.....•....... 241 8.2.5 Building and Evaluating an ARIMA Model ............................. . .•.........•. •. . ... •...... 244 8.2.6 Reasons to Choose and Cautions .. ................ . .. . ........ .. . . .. . ....... . .... .•.•. •.. . •. . .... . 252

8.3 Additional Methods ........ ... . ... ....... ... .. ...... ...... .. ....... ....... .. ... . .... . ... . ...... . 253 Summary ........................ ... ... ...... .. ............ • ......... ......... ..• .. .......• ... ..... 254 Exercises .............. . .......... ... ......... . •. .. .............................• .. . . .. • . .• ... ..... 254

Chapter 9 • Advanced Analytical Theory and Methods: Text Analysis ...... . ... . .. .. .. . . ... 255 9.1 Text Analysis Steps .......... . .... ......... ...... ... .................... . ...... . ...... . . .•....... 257 9.2 A Text Analysis Example ..... •.... .... ............................ .. ............ ...... • .... ...... 259 9.3 Collecting Raw Text ........ .. .............. 00 00 00 00 ••••• 00 ••• ••• ••• ••••• 00 ••••• 00 ••••• •• ••• 00 ••• 260 9.4 Representing Text .......................... ... .................. . ...................•.. ...... .. 264 9.5 Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TFIDF) ...... • .......... • ..... .•. ...... . ......... 269 9.6 Categorizing Documents by Topics .... ................... .. .•..... . . ... • ...... •.. . . .. . . ......... 274 9.7 Determining Sentiments ............... . ...... . ......•...•..•.... .. .. .. •.. •... •.. . . .. ........... 277 9.8 Gaining Insights ................ .. ....................... •..•....... .. ........•... . ..... . ....... 283 Summary ............... . ........... . ......... •.................... • ..... . . . ......... •..... . ....... 290 Exercises ...............•... . ..... . . .. ........ •..•... . ............. • ................. . ..... . ....... 290 Bibliography ............ •. ..•... . ..... . ....... ... . ....... . .. . ................ . ............ . ........ 291

Chapter 10 • Advanced Analytics-Technology and Tools: MapReduce and Hadoop . . . ..... 295

10.1 Analytics for Unstructured Data . 00 .. .... .. 00 ••••• 00. 00 ••• 00 00 .......... 00 ......... 00 •• 00 .. . .... 296 10.1.1 UseCasesoo .. 00.00 00 ••••• 00.00 00 •••••• 00 ••••••• 00 ••• 00 • • 00.00 .. . .................... 00 . .... .. 00. 296 10.1.2 MapReduce . .. .... ......... .. ............... . .......... •......... •.•....... •.•. •....... . ....... 298 70.7.3 Apache Hadoop ......... ... ........... . ......... . . .. ....... .. . . .. . .... ... . .• ...•.... .. . •....... 300

10.2 The Hadoop Ecosystem ....•... . ........... ..... ... . •... .. .............• . •. .. .. ....... . •• ...... 306 70.2.1 Pig . ....... ..... ........ . ......................................... . .. . . .......•... . ..... •.•..... 306 70.2.2 Hive ............... . ............•................ . ... •.•...........•.......•. . .. . .. . ..... . .. . .. 308 70.2.3 HBase ...... .. 00 .. ... . . 00 ••••••••••••••• 00 •••••• 00 . .... . ..... .. ...... 00 .. .. . . . 00 ••• 00 00 ... 00 •••• • 317 10.2.4 Mahout .. 00 • •• • ••••••••••• 00 ............ . . . .. . ... . .... .... . ..... .. .......... .. .. 00 • • • 00 .. . .. . .. • 319

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10.3 NoSOL ...............•........................ • ................. •..................... • ....... 322 Summary .............•...•........................•................. •.....................•....... 323 Exercises .................•........................ • ..................... •...... ................... 324 Bibliography ....... •...... • ................. •...... • .................•......... .... ........ • ..•.... 324

Chapter 11 • Advanced Analytics-Technology and Tools: In-Database Analytics ........ . . . 327

11.1 SOL Essentials ............................................................. .. . . ........ • ..•.... 328 77.1.1 Joins .. . .. . . .. .. . .. ... .. . ......... ... ............. . .. .. . ...... .. .. ... . ....... ... .... . .. ...... . .. . 330 77.1.2 Set Operations ................ . .. . ...................... . ...... ... ........................... . ... 332 11.1.3 Grouping Extensions ......... .. .. .. . . . . .. ........................ ............. .. ................ . 334

11.2 In-Database Text Analysis ............... •... . .............•......•......... . . .. ... .• . . . •..•.... 338 11 .3 Advanced SOL ... .. ......................... •.. • .................•........... . .........•....... 343

71.3.1 Window Functions . . . . ............................... ... .. .... .. . . . ..... . ....................... 343 11.3.2 User-Defined Functions and Aggregates ............................•. •. •............... .. ... .... .347 11.3.3 Ordered Aggregates ............. ..... .... ..... ....... .... .. ..................................... 351 11.3.4 MADiib ...................................... ............•. ....... . . .... . .... •. •................ .352

Summary ..........•.. • ... • .......................................................... .. . . .......... 356 Exercises ......... . .............................. ........ ............................ .. . . .......... 356 Bibliography .......•...... •. .• • .................... • ... .. ........... . •. ..• . ......... .... .. . ........ 357

Chapter 12 • The Endgame, or Putting It All Together ..................................... 359

12.1 Communicating and Operationalizing an Analytics Project. ........ . .....................•....... 360 12.2 Creating the Final Deliverables ......................... ..... . .. .. .. .•.......................... 362

12.2.1 Developing Core Material for Multiple Audiences ........................ •..... .. •.•.............. 364 12.2.2 Project Goals . . . . . .. . . ............ . ............ . ..... . ........ ..... . .. . . ..... . . . ................ 365 12.2.3 Main Findings ....... . ... . . ... . ....................... . .. ... . .. . ... ....• . . . ... . •. •........... . .. .367 12.2.4 Approach ... . .. . . .. . . ............................................................ .... .... ...... 369 12.2.5 Model Description ... . .. . .................................... .. ......... . .... . ...•..... . ..... .... 371 12.2.6 Key Points Supported with Data . .......................... . . . . . ....... . . . ..... .. .. .. . ..... . ..... .372 12.2.7 Model Details .. . . .. ................................................. . ....... •.•....... . ........ .372 12.2.8 Recommendations ........ ... .... ....... .... ........... .......... . .... . . ...... •.•.• .. .... ..... . . 374 12.2.9 Additional Tips on Final Presentation ......... . .. . ............ .. . . . . .. . .. . ..... . •. •.............. .375 12.2.10 Providing Technica15pecificarions and Code ................................... . ................ . 376

12.3 Data Visua lization Basics .......... .... ... .... ....................•.......... . .... . ............. 377 12.3.1 Key Points Supported with Data ............... . ... . . . .................. . ............... ... ...... .378 12.3.2 Evolution of a Graph ................ ..... .... ............. ...... . ...... •.•... •. •.•......... •.... 380 12.3.3 Common Representation Methods .............. .. ............ .. . . . •. •.. . .... •. . ................ 386 12.3.4 How to Clean Up a Graphic ................... •. . . .... . ..... . .......... . . . ..... . ... .......... ... .387 12.3.5 Additional Considerations ..... ................. .... ... . ..... .. . . . . •.•. .. ... . •.• ...... . ...... ... . 392

Summary ............ .. .........................•...... • ... • . ... .........•... •..................... 393 Exercises ........... . . .... . ................. .. .. . . . .... • ................. . . .. . .. • .......... . ....... 394 References and Further Reading ... .. ............ .... ...... ..... ......... . .... . . .................... 394 Bibliography .... . . ... ......... .... . ........................ • ................. .. . .. .. . ... . . ... ...... 394

Index .. . .............. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . . ........... . . . .. . .. . . . ....... . . . ... . . .. . .. .. . .. . . . ... .. . . ............... . 397

Foreword

Technological advances and the associated changes in practical daily life have produced a rapidly expanding "parallel universe" of new content, new data, and new information sources all around us. Regardless of how one defines it, the phenomenon of Big Data is ever more present, ever more pervasive, and ever more important. There is enormous value potential in Big Data: innovative insights, improved understanding of problems, and countless opportunities to predict-and even to shape-the future. Data Science is the principal means to discover and tap that potential. Data Science provides ways to deal with and benefit from Big Data: to see patterns, to discover relationships, and to make sense of stunningly varied images and information.

Not everyone has studied statistical analysis at a deep level. People with advanced degrees in applied math- ematics are not a commodity. Relatively few organizations have committed resources to large collections of data gathered primarily for the purpose of exploratory analysis. And yet, while applying the practices of Data Science to Big Data is a valuable differentiating strategy at present, it will be a standard core competency in the not so distant future.

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Introduction

Big Data is creating significant new opportunities for organizations to derive new value and create competitive advantage from their most valuable asset: information. For businesses, Big Data helps drive efficiency, quality, and personalized products and services, producing improved levels of customer satisfaction and profit. For scientific efforts, Big Data analytics enable new avenues of investigation with potentially richer results and deeper insights than previously available. In many cases, Big Data analytics integrate structured and unstructured data with real- time feeds and queries, opening new paths to innovation and insight.

This book provides a practitioner's approach to some of the key techniques and tools used in Big Data analytics. Knowledge ofthese methods will help people become active contributors to Big Data analytics projects. The book's content is designed to assist multiple stakeholders: business and data analysts looking to add Big Data analytics skills to their portfolio; database professionals and managers of business intelligence, analytics, or Big Data groups looking to enrich their analytic skills; and college graduates investigating data science as a career field.

The content is structured in twelve chapters. The first chapter introduces the reader to the domain of Big Data, the drivers for advanced analytics, and the role of the data scientist. The second chapter presents an analytic project lifecycle designed for the particular characteristics and challenges of hypothesis-driven analysis with Big Data.

Chapter 3 examines fundamental statistical techniques in the context of the open source R analytic software environment. This chapter also highlights the importance of exploratory data analysis via visualizations and reviews the key notions of hypothesis development and testing.

Chapters 4 through 9 discuss a range of advanced analytical methods, including clustering, classification, regression analysis, time series and text analysis.

Chapters 10 and 11 focus on specific technologies and tools that support advanced analytics with Big Data. In particular, the Map Reduce paradigm and its instantiation in the Hadoop ecosystem, as well as advanced topics in SOL and in-database text analytics form the focus of these chapters.

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Much has been written about Big Data and the need for advanced analytics within industry, academia,

and government. Availability of new data sources and the rise of more complex analytical opportunities

have created a need to rethink existing data architectures to enable analytics that take advantage of Big Data. In addition, significant debate exists about what Big Data is and what kinds of skil ls are required to make best use of it. This chapter explains several key concepts to clarify what is meant by Big Data, why

advanced analyt ics are needed, how Data Science differs from Business Intelligence (BI), and what new

roles are needed for the new Big Data ecosystem.

1.1 Big Data Overview Data is created constantly, and at an ever-increasing rate. Mobile phones, social media, imaging technologies

to determine a medical diagnosis-all these and more create new data, and that must be stored somewhere for some purpose. Devices and sensors automatically generate diagnostic information that needs to be stored and processed in real time. Merely keeping up with this huge influx of data is difficult, but substan-

tially more cha llenging is analyzing vast amounts of it, especially when it does not conform to traditional

notions of data structure, to identify meaningful patterns and extract useful information. These challenges of the data deluge present the opportunity to transform business, government, science, and everyday life.

Several industries have led the way in developing their ability to gather and exploit data:

• Credit card companies monitor every purchase their customers make and can identify fraudulent purchases with a high degree of accuracy using rules derived by processing billions of transactions.

• Mobile phone companies analyze subscribers' calling patterns to determine, for example, whether a caller's frequent contacts are on a rival network. If that rival network is offering an attractive promo- tion that might cause the subscriber to defect, the mobile phone company can proactively offer the subscriber an incentive to remain in her contract.

• For companies such as Linked In and Facebook, data itself is their primary product. The valuations of these companies are heavi ly derived from the data they gather and host, which contains more and more intrinsic va lue as the data grows.

Three attributes stand out as defining Big Data characteristics:

• Huge volume of data: Rather than thousands or millions of rows, Big Data can be billions of rows and millions of columns.

• Complexity of data t ypes and structures: Big Data reflects the variety of new data sources, formats, and structures, including digital traces being left on the web and other digital repositories for subse- quent analysis.

• Speed of new data creation and growth: Big Data can describe high velocity data, with rapid data ingestion and near real time analysis.

Although the volume of Big Data tends to attract the most attention, generally the variety and veloc-

ity of the data provide a more apt definition of Big Data. (Big Data is sometimes described as having 3 Vs: volume, variety, and velocity.) Due to its size or structure, Big Data cannot be efficiently analyzed using only

traditional databases or methods. Big Data problems require new tools and technologies to store, manage, and realize the business benefit. These new tools and technologies enable creation, manipulation, and

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management of large datasets and the storage environments that house them. Another definition of Big Data comes from the McKinsey Global report from 2011:

Big Data is data whose scale, distribution, diversity, and/or timeliness require the use of new technical architectures and analytics to enable insights that unlock ne w sources of business value.

McKinsey & Co.; Big Data: The Next Frontier for Innovation, Competition, and Productivity [1]

McKinsey's definition of Big Data impl ies that organizations will need new data architectures and ana-

lytic sandboxes, new tools, new analytical methods, and an integration of multiple skills into the new ro le of the data scientist, which will be discussed in Section 1.3. Figure 1-1 highlights several sources of the Big

Data deluge.

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The rate of data creation is accelerating, driven by many of the items in Figure 1-1.

Social media and genetic sequencing are among the fastest-growing sources of Big Data and examples of untraditional sources of data being used for analysis.

For example, in 2012 Facebook users posted 700 status updates per second worldwide, which can be leveraged to deduce latent interests or political views of users and show relevant ads. For instance, an update in which a woman changes her relationship status from "single" to "engaged" would trigger ads

on bridal dresses, wedding planning, or name-changing services. Facebook can also construct social graphs to analyze which users are connected to each other as an

interconnected network. In March 2013, Facebook released a new feature called "Graph Search," enabling users and developers to search social graphs for people with similar interests, hobbies, and shared locations.

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Another example comes from genomics. Genetic sequencing and human genome mapping provide a detailed understanding of genetic makeup and lineage. The health care industry is looking toward these

advances to help predict which illnesses a person is likely to get in his lifetime and take steps to avoid these maladies or reduce their impact through the use of personalized medicine and treatment. Such tests also

highlight typical responses to different medications and pharmaceutical drugs, heightening risk awareness of specific drug treatments.

While data has grown, the cost to perform this work has fallen dramatically. The cost to sequence one human genome has fallen from $100 million in 2001 to $10,000 in 2011, and the cost continues to drop. Now, websites such as 23andme (Figure 1-2) offer genotyping for less than $100. Although genotyping analyzes

only a fraction of a genome and does not provide as much granularity as genetic sequencing, it does point

to the fact that data and complex analysis is becoming more prevalent and less expensive to deploy.

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As illustrated by the examples of social media and genetic sequencing, individuals and organizations both derive benefits from analysis of ever-larger and more complex data sets that require increasingly powerful analytical capabilities.

1.1.1 Data Structures Big data can come in multiple forms, including structured and non-structured data such as financial

data, text files, multimedia files, and genetic mappings. Contrary to much of the traditional data analysis performed by organizations, most of the Big Data is unstructured or semi-structured in nature, which

requires different techniques and tools to process and analyze. [2) Distributed computing environments and massively parallel processing (MPP) architectures that enable parallelized data ingest and analysis are

the preferred approach to process such complex data. With this in mind, this section takes a closer look at data structures. Figure 1-3 shows four types of data structures, with 80-90% of future data growth coming from non-

structured data types. [2) Though different, the four are commonly mixed. For example, a classic Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) may store call logs for a software support call center. The RDBMS

may store characteristics of the support calls as typical structured data, with attributes such as time stamps, machine type, problem type, and operating system. In addition, the system will likely have unstructured,

quasi- or semi-structured data, such as free-form call log information taken from an e-mail ticket of the problem, customer chat history, or transcript of a phone call describing the technical problem and the solu- tion or audio file of the phone call conversation. Many insights could be extracted from the unstructured,

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Although analyzing structured data tends to be the most familiar technique, a different technique is required to meet the challenges to analyze semi-structured data (shown as XML), quasi-structured (shown as a clickstream), and unstructured data.

Here are examples of how each of the four main types of data structures may look.

o Structured data: Data containing a defined data type, format, and structure (that is, transaction data, online analytical processing [OLAP] data cubes, traditional RDBMS, CSV files, and even simple spread- sheets). See Figure 1-4.

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o Semi-structured data: Textual data files with a discernible pattern that enables parsing (such as Extensible Markup Language [XML] data files that are self-describing and defined by an XML schema). See Figure 1-5.

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o Unstructured data: Data that has no inherent structure, which may include text documents, PDFs, images, and video. See Figure 1-7.

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Quasi-structured data is a common phenomenon that bears closer scrutiny. Consider the following

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to EMC. Together, this comprises a clicksrream that can be parsed and mined by data scientists to discover

usage patterns and uncover relationships among clicks and areas of interest on a website or group of sites. The four data types described in this chapter are sometimes generalized into two groups: structured

and unstructured data. Big Data describes new kinds of data with which most organizations may not be

used to working. With this in mind, the next section discusses common technology architectures from the standpoint of someone wanting to analyze Big Data.

1.1.2 Analyst Perspective on Data Repositories The introduction of spreadsheets enabled business users to create simple logic on data structured in rows

and columns and create their own analyses of business problems. Database administrator training is not requ ired to create spreadsheets: They can be set up to do many things quickly and independently of information technology (IT) groups. Spreadsheets are easy to share, and end users have control over the logic involved. However, their proliferation can result in "many versions of the truth." In other words, it can be challenging to determine if a particular user has the most relevant version of a spreadsheet, with

the most current data and logic in it. Moreover, if a laptop is lost or a file becomes corrupted, the data and logic within the spreadsheet could be lost. This is an ongoing challenge because spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel still run on many computers worldwide. With the proliferation of data islands (or spread marts), the need to centralize the data is more pressing than ever.

As data needs grew, so did more scalable data warehousing solutions. These technologies enabled

data to be managed centrally, providing benefits of security, failover, and a single repository where users

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could rely on getting an "official" source of data for financial reporting or other mission-critical tasks. This

structure also enabled the creation ofOLAP cubes and 81 analytical tools, which provided quick access to a set of dimensions within an RD8MS. More advanced features enabled performance of in-depth analytical

techniques such as regressions and neural networks. Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDWs) are critica l for reporting and 81 tasks and solve many of the problems that proliferating spreadsheets introduce, such as which of multiple versions of a spreadsheet is correct. EDWs-and a good 81 strategy-provide direct data

feeds from sources that are centrally managed, backed up, and secured. Despite the benefits of EDWs and 81, these systems tend to restrict the flexibility needed to perform

robust or exploratory data analysis. With the EDW model, data is managed and controlled by IT groups

and database administrators (D8As), and data analysts must depend on IT for access and changes to the data schemas. This imposes longer lead times for analysts to get data; most of the time is spent waiting for

approvals rather than starting meaningful work. Additionally, many times the EDW rules restrict analysts from building datasets. Consequently, it is common for additional systems to emerge containing critical

data for constructing analytic data sets, managed locally by power users. IT groups generally dislike exis- tence of data sources outside of their control because, unlike an EDW, these data sets are not managed, secured, or backed up. From an analyst perspective, EDW and 81 solve problems related to data accuracy

and availabi lity. However, EDW and 81 introduce new problems related to flexibility and agil ity, which were less pronounced when dealing with spreadsheets.

A solution to this problem is the analytic sandbox, which attempts to resolve the conflict for analysts and

data scientists with EDW and more formally managed corporate data. In this model, the IT group may still

manage the analytic sandboxes, but they will be purposefully designed to enable robust analytics, while being centrally managed and secured. These sandboxes, often referred to as workspaces, are designed to enable teams to explore many datasets in a controlled fashion and are not typically used for enterprise-

level financial reporting and sales dashboards. Many times, analytic sandboxes enable high-performance computing using in-database processing-

the analytics occur within the database itself. The idea is that performance of the analysis will be better if

the analytics are run in the database itself, rather than bringing the data to an analytical tool that resides somewhere else. In-database analytics, discussed further in Chapter 11, "Advanced Analytics- Technology and Tools: In-Database Analytics." creates relationships to multiple data sources within an organization and

saves time spent creating these data feeds on an individual basis. In-database processing for deep analytics

enables faster turnaround time for developing and executing new analytic models, while reducing, though not eliminating, the cost associated with data stored in local, "shadow" file systems. In addition, rather than the typical structured data in the EDW, analytic sandboxes can house a greater variety of data, such as raw data, textual data, and other kinds of unstructured data, without interfering with critical production databases. Table 1-1 summarizes the characteristics of the data repositories mentioned in this section.

TABLE 1-1 Types of Data Repositories, from an Analyst Perspective

Data Repository Characteristics

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Centralized data containers in a purpose-built space

Supports Bl and reporting, but restricts robust analyses

Ana lyst dependent on IT and DBAs for data access and schema changes

Ana lysts must spend significant t ime to get aggregated and disaggre-

gated data extracts from multiple sources.

Data assets gathered from multiple sources and technologies for analysis

Enables flexible, high-performance analysis in a nonproduction environ- ment; can leverage in-database processing

Reduces costs and risks associated with data replication into "shadow" file

systems

"Analyst owned" rather than "DBA owned"

There are several things to consider with Big Data Analytics projects to ensure the approach fits with

the desired goals. Due to the characteristics of Big Data, these projects lend themselves to decision sup-

port for high-value, strategic decision making with high processing complexity. The analytic techniques

used in this context need to be iterative and flexible, due to the high volume of data and its complexity.

Performing rapid and complex analysis requires high throughput network connections and a consideration

for the acceptable amount of latency. For instance, developing a real-t ime product recommender for a

website imposes greater system demands than developing a near· real·time recommender, which may

still provide acceptable performance, have sl ightly greater latency, and may be cheaper to deploy. These

considerations require a different approach to thinking about analytics challenges, which will be explored

further in the next section.

1.2 State of the Practice in Analytics Current business problems provide many opportunities for organizations to become more analytical and

data driven, as shown in Table 1 ·2.

TABLE 1-2 Business Drivers for Advanced Analytics

Business Driver Examples

Optimize business operations

Identify business risk

Predict new business opportunities

Comply with laws or regu latory

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Sales, pricing, profitability, efficiency

Customer churn, fraud, default

Upsell, cross-sell, best new customer prospects

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Table 1-2 outlines four categories of common business problems that organizations contend with where they have an opportunity to leverage advanced analytics to create competitive advantage. Rather than only performing standard reporting on these areas, organizations can apply advanced analytical techniques to optimize processes and derive more value from these common tasks. The first three examples do not represent new problems. Organizations have been trying to reduce customer churn, increase sales, and cross-sell customers for many years. What is new is the opportunity to fuse advanced analytical techniques with Big Data to produce more impactful analyses for these traditional problems. The last example por- trays emerging regulatory requirements. Many compliance and regulatory laws have been in existence for decades, but additional requirements are added every year, which represent additional complexity and data requirements for organizations. Laws related to anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention require advanced analytical techniques to comply with and manage properly.

1.2.1 81 Versus Data Science The four business drivers shown in Table 1-2 require a variety of analytical techniques to address them prop- erly. Although much is written generally about analytics, it is important to distinguish between Bland Data Science. As shown in Figure 1-8, there are several ways to compare these groups of analytical techniques.

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