exploratory data analysis
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ExploratoryDataAnalysis
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/Statistics/
SubClass Of: planned process
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:occurrent › bfo:process › planned process › exploratory data analysis
Definition
planned process used to determine and analyze characteristics of input data in order to identify structure, trends, or irregularities
Explanatory Notes
Exploratory Data Analysis involves determining and describing features through summary statistics, visualization, and other descriptive techniques. It supports understanding of data structure, relationships, outliers, and quality before applying formal modeling or hypothesis testing.
Examples
- computing summary statistics such as mean, variance, or correlation coefficients; plotting histograms, boxplots, or scatter matrices to visualize data distributions and relationships; identifying missing values or outliers in experimental results before modeling
Adapted From
- https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso-iec:22989:ed-1:v1:en:term:3.2.6 and https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/exploratory-data-analysis
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
There are insufficient constructs to create a set of necessary and sufficient conditions.
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
ExploratoryDataAnalysis(x) → PlannedProcess(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is an ‘exploratory data analysis’ then x is a ‘planned process’