Specify the outlier treatment for numeric attributes. This page displays the numeric attributes; for each attribute, it displays the name, the average, the maximum, the minimum, and Sigma (Standard Deviation) for the attribute, and the outlier treatment for the attribute (under the heading Treatment).
If the Outlier Treatment wizard is launched from a mining activity, a default outlier treatment is selected for you. The default treatment depends on the data mining algorithm that you selected. Review the default treatment and modify it, if necessary. If the wizard is invoked directly, there is no default outlier treatment.
You define an outlier treatment for one or more attributes at a time. To define an outlier treatment for a set of attributes, select the attributes or attributes.
To see a histogram for an attribute, select the attribute, and click Histogram; a histogram and some statistics are displayed for the attribute.
Once an outlier treatment is defined for an attribute, the Treatment column indicates the treatment applied to the attribute.
To edit a previously-defined treatment for an attribute, select the attribute and click Define to display the "Outlier Treatment" dialog. The current treatment settings are displayed in the "Outlier Treatment" dialog for editing.
To define an outlier treatment, you must supply two pieces of information:
You define outlier treatments by specifying the following:
When you are done defining outlier treatments, click Next to continue.
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