Modeling Utilities

Exploring Data for Outliers, Missing Values, and Patterns

Modeling Utilities is a collection of utilities that are designed to assist in the data cleaning and pre-processing stages of data analysis. Each utility has exploratory tools to give you a more thorough understanding of your data. With Modeling Utilities, you can do the following:

• Explore outliers in both the univariate and multivariate cases.

• Explore and impute missing values in your data.

• Explore and find unusual features or patterns in your data.

Figure 20.1 Multivariate k-Nearest Neighbor Outlier Example 

Contents

Explore Outliers Utility

Example of the Explore Outliers Utility

Launch the Explore Outliers Utility

Quantile Range Outliers

Robust Fit Outliers

Multivariate Robust Outliers

Multivariate k-Nearest Neighbor Outliers

Explore Outliers Utility Options

Additional Examples of the Explore Outliers Utility

Explore Missing Values Utility

Example of the Explore Missing Values Utility

The Missing Value Report

Explore Missing Values Utility Options

Explore Patterns Utility

Example of the Explore Patterns Utility

Launch the Explore Patterns Utility

Explore Patterns Report

Explore Patterns Utility Options

Additional Example of the Explore Patterns Utility

Statistical Details for the Explore Patterns Utility