Classification of Titanic Passenger Data and Chances of Surviving the Disaster

Abstract

While the Titanic disaster occurred just over 100 years ago, it still attracts researchers looking for understanding as to why some passengers survived while others perished. With the use of a modern data mining tools (Weka) and an available dataset we take a look at what factors or classifications of passengers have a persuasive relationship towards survival for passengers that took that fateful trip on April 10, 1912. The analysis looks to identify characteristics of passengers cabin class, age, point of departure and that relationship to the chance of survival for the disaster.