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title: Data Mining Overview and Applications
description: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Mining Tools And Techniques and Data Mining Process
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# [Data Mining Overview and Applications](https://www.xenonstack.com/glossary/data-mining-overview-and-applications)

 Written by [Dr. Jagreet Kaur](https://www.xenonstack.com/glossary/author/dr-jagreet-kaur) | 07 Feb 2023

## Overview of Data Mining

It is a study of extracting useful information from structured/unstructured data taken from various sources. This is done -

- Mining for frequent patterns
- Mining for associations
- Mining for correlations
- Mining for clusters
- Mining for predictive analysis

## Data Mining Usages

It is done for purposes like Market Analysis, determining customer purchase pattern, financial planning, fraud detection etc.

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