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BB PRE-ASSESSMENT: DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING (PVPC)
Attempt #2
Status: Passed
0 1. Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform managerial decisions.
Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Prescriptive v v
Descriptive
Pareto chart
Biased
0 2. What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational decision-making?
Choose 2 answers.
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ANSWER ANSWER
Relatively lower cost of computer storage v v
Lower availability of statistical experts v
Higher cost of obtaining data
Higher computer processing power v
0 3 How does probability theory inform decision-making for managers?
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By quantifying risk v v
By quantifying data
By quantifying quality
By quantifying costs
Q 4. Which type of data are the Olympic medals of gold, silver, and bronze examples of?
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Nominal data
Ordinal data v v
Interval data
Ratio data
Q 5 What are two aspects of data quality management?
Choose 2 answers.
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ANSWER ANSWER
It calculates spurious data.
It reduces the amount of incomplete data. v v
It monitors data input rates.
It cleans data. v v
0 6. Which two attributes indicate potential data quality issues when evaluating a set of nominal data?
Choose 2 answers.
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Outlier data v
Missing data v v
Out-of-range data
Misspelled data v
° 7. When conducting a study that measures an individual’s weight, all scales are calibrated prior to use in
measurement.
Which type of error should this procedure significantly reduce?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Systematic error v v
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Omission error
Random error
Information error
° 8. An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low, medium, or high frequency of the same a
in matched markets. The manager then reports on sales in each market location.
What is the term for the different sales in this study?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Experimental unit
Treatment
Response variable v v
Intervention
0 9. A healthcare study follows a particular sample over time to identify how the health habits of teenagers impac
their likelihood of acquiring various diseases later in their life. The healthcare organization hopes this data
will allow them to create early prevention programs.
Which type of research design does this study describe?
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ANSWER ANSWER
Double-blind study
Systematic study
Cohort study v v
Experimental study
° 10. Several missing values in a particular field in a dataset were observed. The likelihood of a record having a
missing value is correlated to another variable in the dataset.
Which two types of error might be introduced into the dataset if the removed record included missing values
Choose 2 answers.
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WGU Knowledge Center
BB PRE-ASSESSMENT: DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING (PVPC)
Attempt #2
Status: Passed
0 1. Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform managerial decisions.
Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Prescriptive v v
Descriptive
Pareto chart
Biased
0 2. What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational decision-making?
Choose 2 answers.
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Relatively lower cost of computer storage v v
Lower availability of statistical experts v
Higher cost of obtaining data
Higher computer processing power v
0 3 How does probability theory inform decision-making for managers?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
By quantifying risk v v
By quantifying data
By quantifying quality
By quantifying costs
Q 4. Which type of data are the Olympic medals of gold, silver, and bronze examples of?
Help
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/10193641/assessmentCode/PVPC/testDate/1690249608
,7/26/23, 8:12 PM WGU Student Portal
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YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Nominal data
Ordinal data v v
Interval data
Ratio data
Q 5 What are two aspects of data quality management?
Choose 2 answers.
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
It calculates spurious data.
It reduces the amount of incomplete data. v v
It monitors data input rates.
It cleans data. v v
0 6. Which two attributes indicate potential data quality issues when evaluating a set of nominal data?
Choose 2 answers.
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Outlier data v
Missing data v v
Out-of-range data
Misspelled data v
° 7. When conducting a study that measures an individual’s weight, all scales are calibrated prior to use in
measurement.
Which type of error should this procedure significantly reduce?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Systematic error v v
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YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Omission error
Random error
Information error
° 8. An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low, medium, or high frequency of the same a
in matched markets. The manager then reports on sales in each market location.
What is the term for the different sales in this study?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Experimental unit
Treatment
Response variable v v
Intervention
0 9. A healthcare study follows a particular sample over time to identify how the health habits of teenagers impac
their likelihood of acquiring various diseases later in their life. The healthcare organization hopes this data
will allow them to create early prevention programs.
Which type of research design does this study describe?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Double-blind study
Systematic study
Cohort study v v
Experimental study
° 10. Several missing values in a particular field in a dataset were observed. The likelihood of a record having a
missing value is correlated to another variable in the dataset.
Which two types of error might be introduced into the dataset if the removed record included missing values
Choose 2 answers.
https://my.wgu.edu/coaching-report/preassessment-report/v1/studentPidm/1019364 1/assessmentCode/PVPC/testDate/1690249608 3/25
