Are you a data mining analyst, who spends up to 80% of your time ensuring the quality of data, then prepares the data for developing and deploying predictive models? This introduces a framework for the process of preparing data for data mining, and presents the implementation details of each step in SAS. * The complete SAS implementation code, which is easily used by professional analysts and data miners. * A unique and comprehensive approach for the treatment of missing values, optimal Binning, and cardinality reduction. * Assumes minimal proficiency in SAS and included a quick-start chapter to write SAS macro. * CD includes dozens of SAS macros plus the sample data and programs for case study book.