emergence of the technology and its background, the different data mining methods, and the significance of the information derived from data mining in the education sector
Abstract
The emergence of data mining techniques and software has contributed to exploration of data bases. This technology have grown within a short period and come up with a series of advantages to human life. According to the paper you will find out the emergence of the technology and its background, the different data mining methods, and the significance of the information derived from data mining in the education sector. Through an example you will learn the ease associated to using current software in data mining compared to manual calculation hence appreciating the importance and value of data mining tools.
Introduction
The invention of the computer have radicalized the society we live in and impacted numerous changes in every sphere of life. In the past data was stored in big rooms where a lot of space and energy was involved. Summarizing this information into entirely and coming up with useful trends was almost impossible due to human nature. Advancement in technology through the invention of the computer and its increased memory brought a new dawn in the world. Huge sets of data could be stored in a much small space and within a short period of time.
Due to the importance of studying human trend, there was a necessity to invent data mining tools. These tools would extract information stored in data bases and come up with meaningful trends (Algarni, 2016).Through the study of this trends it came along with breakthroughs in almost every sector of the economy. Trends are an indication of human behaviors which are bound to repetition arising from their emotions. The data mining tools brought enormous changes in the agriculture, health industry, construction sector and in the financial market. This paper will narrow down to the significance of data mining tools in education sector.
Background information
Data mining technology is a recent advancement dating less than twenty five years ago. The technology was developed to bring around the importance associated with study of human trends. It is in the trends human beings are able to figure out the secrets hidden behind the patterns through evaluation, relation, correlation and analyses. It was the need to find out this information in enormous hard that which necessitated the invention of data mining tools and techniques.
From the importance associated with studying this data the education sectors have mainly made significance upwards trends compared to the past. Data mining tools in the education sector have mainly being used addressing the problem of poor learning, students enrolment, addressing problems faced by students leading to events such as strikes and bullying and finally but not least in prediction the outcome of students through the study of past behaviors.