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What is Basket Analysis ?

What is Basket Analysis ?

Basket Analysis is a modelling technique based upon the theory that if you buy a certain group of items, you are more (or less) likely to buy another group of items. For example, if a couple aged between 25 and 35 buys some apparel for their own need, they will surely buy something for age group between 0 and 5.
The set of items a customer buys is referred to as an itemset, and market basket analysis seeks to find relationships between purchases.
Traditionally, the relationship will be in the form of a rule. This technique is used to uncover interesting cross-sells and related products.
The Customer here is a parent and will surely buy some articles for their kids. This is referred to as the SUPPORT for the rule. The conditional probability that a customer will purchase kids articles is referred to as the CONFIDENCE.
As a merchandiser you should look for pairs with a high confidence.
A confidence of 100% means that the products are always purchased together.
The higher the confidence means that there is probably a strong relationship between the products.
After examining the confidence look at the support. A low support means that the pair isn’t purchased a lot.
This doesn’t mean it would make a bad cross sell just that they aren’t ordered together very frequently.
Use your own judgment. Obviously if you see something with both a high confidence and high support you’ve found something interesting.





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(Visit Nilesh's Website) Nilesh Shah nileshshah@rancelab.com Over 10 years of experience in the field of software development, sales and marketing. He has assisted over 300 Retailers and Restaurateurs in implementing the Retail and F&B software with barcode & pos hardware for their business. He holds a designation of Director, Marketing in Rance Computer Pvt Ltd. He holds the certification from Microsoft Corporation and NIS. His current research focuses on developing and implementing intelligent retail systems that shoulders the responsibility of an entrepreneur. With such system, he is helping Retailers and Restauranteurs in focusing more on business expansion than of day-to-day complex operations. Click here to visit FusionRetail Blog. Catch me on Facebook. Follow me on Twitter


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