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CHAPTER FOURTEEN:
DATA MINING ETHICS
WHY DATA MINING ETHICS?
It has been said that when you are teaching someone something, you should leave the thing that
you want them to remember most to the very end. It will be the last thing they remember hearing
from you, the thing they take with them as they depart from your instruction. It is in harmony
with this philosophy that the chapter on data mining ethics has been left to the end of this topic.
Please don't misconstrue this chapter's placement as an afterthought. It is here at the end so you'll
take it with you and remember it. It is believed that especially if you make a big deal out of it, the
last thing you share with your audience will end up being what they remember from your teaching,
so here is our effort at making a big deal about data mining ethics:
DATA
MINING
ETHICS!!
FIGURE 14-1. This Just In:
BEING AN ETHICAL DATA MINER IS IMPORTANT
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