Observations of group meetings were used to help our understanding of the Data Mining (DM) process, which can take a year to complete. Over a course of three months, we followed two collaborative groups and observed their weekly meetings, where they devised DM models and explored new ways to analyze and present microarray data. The study furthered the current understanding of the DM activities by revealing its socio-technical aspects, and directed a promising design approach for a more efficient and effective DM system. Field observations of collaborative meetings disclosed that a longitudinal study is, in fact, appropriate and necessary to further understand the DM process and the system.
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