Assignment: Write an 8-page APA formatted paper on a business problem that requires data mining, why the problem is interesting, the general approach you plan to take, what kind of data you plan to use, and finally how you plan to get the data. You should describe your problem, approach, dataset, data analysis, evaluation, discussion, references, and so on, in sufficient details, and you need to show supporting evidence in tables and/or figures. You need to provide captions for all tables and figures.

Your paper should include an abstract and a conclusion and a reference page with 3-5 references.

Sections: The following sections should be outlined as Headers in the paper. The Title and Table of Contents are not counted as part of the eight pages.

Introduction

Background

Discussion

Conclusion

References

All written reports should be submitted in MS Word.