<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
exploration	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
approach	O
similar	O
to	O
initial	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
,	O
whereby	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
analyst	I-General_Concept
uses	O
visual	O
exploration	O
to	O
understand	O
what	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
dataset	O
and	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
through	O
traditional	O
data	O
management	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
exploration	I-General_Concept
is	O
typically	O
conducted	O
using	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
automated	O
and	O
manual	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automated	O
activities	O
can	O
include	O
data	B-General_Concept
profiling	I-General_Concept
or	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
or	O
tabular	O
reports	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
analyst	O
an	O
initial	O
view	O
into	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
an	O
understanding	O
of	O
key	O
characteristics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
exploration	I-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
require	O
manual	O
scripting	O
and	O
queries	O
into	O
the	O
data	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
using	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
SQL	B-Language
or	O
R	B-Language
)	O
or	O
using	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
or	O
similar	O
tools	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
raw	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
exploration	I-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
ad	O
hoc	O
querying	O
or	O
visualization	O
of	O
data	O
to	O
identify	O
potential	O
relationships	O
or	O
insights	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
hidden	O
in	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
to	O
formulate	O
assumptions	O
beforehand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
exploration	I-General_Concept
is	O
more	O
widespread	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysts	I-General_Concept
and	O
data	O
scientists	O
;	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
a	O
relatively	O
new	O
role	O
within	O
enterprises	O
and	O
larger	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
area	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
exploration	I-General_Concept
has	O
become	O
an	O
area	O
of	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
common	O
patterns	O
include	O
regression	O
and	O
classification	B-General_Concept
or	O
clustering	B-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
possible	O
patterns	O
and	O
algorithms	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
data	O
via	O
machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
