Machine Learning Startup Panel and Quick Tab

Ribbon bar. Select the Data Mining tab. In the Learning group, click Machine Learning to display the Machine Learning Startup Panel.

Classic menus. From the Data Mining menu, select Machine Learning (Bayesian, Support Vectors, K-Nearest) to display the Machine Learning Startup Panel.

The Startup Panel contains one tab, Quick, from which you can select an analysis. For regression problems, select either Support Vector Machines or K-Nearest Neighbors. In addition to the above, for classification problems, you can also select Naïve Bayes Classifiers.

See the Machine Learning Index and Overview, and the Support Vector Machines Introductory Overview, Naive Bayes Classifier Introductory Overview, and K-Nearest Neighbors Introductory Overview.

Support Vector Machines

Select Support Vector Machines and click the OK button to display the Support Vector Machines dialog box. You can also double-click on Support Vector Machines to display this dialog box.

Naive Bayes Classifiers

Select Naive Bayes Classifiers and click the OK button to display the Naive Bayes dialog box. You can also double-click on Naive Bayes Classifiers to display this dialog box.

K-Nearest Neighbors

Select K-Nearest Neighbors and click the OK button to display the K-Nearest Neighbors dialog box. You can also double-click on K-Nearest Neighbors to display this dialog box.

OK

After selecting an analysis on the Quick tab, click the OK button to display a specific dialog box according to which option selected.

Cancel

Click the Cancel button to close the Machine Learning Startup Panel without performing an analysis.

Options

See Options Menu for descriptions of the commands on this menu.

Open Data

Click the Open Data button to display the Select Data Source dialog box, which is used to choose the spreadsheet on which to perform the analysis. The Select Data Source dialog box contains a list of the spreadsheets that are currently active.

Select Cases

Click the Select Cases button to display the Analysis/Graph Case Selection Conditions dialog box, which is used to create conditions for which cases will be included (or excluded) in the current analysis. More information is available in the case selection conditions overview, syntax summary, and dialog box description.

W

Click the W (Weight) button to display the Analysis/Graph Case Weights dialog box, which is used to adjust the contribution of individual cases to the outcome of the current analysis by "weighting" those cases in proportion to the values of a selected variable.