Handbook Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications is a comprehensive professional reference book that guides business analysts, scientists, engineers and researchers (both academic and industrial) through all stages of data analysis, model building and implementation. This handbook brings together, in a single resource, all the information a beginner will need to understand the tools and issues in data mining to build a successful data mining solution. Written "By Practitioners for Practitioners" non-technical explanation to build an understanding without the jargon and equations Tutorials in various fields of study give instructions step-by-step on how to use the tools provided to build the model using STATISTICA, SAS and SPSS software Practical Advice from successful real world implementation Includes extensive case studies, examples, MS PowerPoint slides and datasets CD-DVD with valuable full-working 90-day software including: "Complete Data Miner - QC-Miner - Text Miner" bound by the book