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'''Exploratory [[data analysis]] (EDA)''' is that part of [[statistical practice]] concerned with reviewing, communicating and using [[data]] where there is a low level of knowledge about its [[cause system]]. It was so named by [[John Tukey]]. Many '''EDA''' techniques have been adopted into [[data mining]] and are being taught to young students as a way to introduce them to statistical thinking.
== EDA development ==
Tukey's books were notoriously opaque, and so several attempts were made to popularise his EDA ideas. Prominent among these was the [[Statistics in Society (MDST242)]] course of [[The Open University]].
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*Provide a basis for further [[data]] collection through [[survey sampling|surveys]] or [[design of experiments|experiments]]
=== Tools ===
The principal [[graph]]ical tools used in EDA are:
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