Part 2

Data Structures and Data Modeling

 

Chapter   5   The Origin of Data

Chapter   6   Data Models

Chapter   7   Analysis Subjects and Multiple Observations

Chapter   8   The One-Row-per-Subject Data Mart

Chapter   9   The Multiple-Rows-per-Subject Data Mart

Chapter 10   Data Structures for Longitudinal Analysis

Chapter 11   Considerations for Data Marts

Chapter 12   Considerations for Predictive Modeling

 

Introduction

Part 2 deals with data structures and data models of the data. Data are stored in the source systems in a data model, which can range from a simple flat table data model to a complex relational model. Based on these data from the source system, an analysis data mart is built.

The structure of the analysis data mart depends ...

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