BCOR 2205 TEST 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
Data -- Answer ✔✔ Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object.
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Information -- Answer ✔✔ Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
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I.E. Best selling product, best customer
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Business Intelligence -- Answer ✔✔ Information collected from multiple sources that
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analyze patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic goals and decision making
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I.E. Lowest sales per week, best-selling product by month.
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Knowledge -- Answer ✔✔ The skills, experience, and expertise, coupled with information
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and intelligence, that create a person's intellectual resources.
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I.E. Choosing not to fire a sales rep who is underperforming.
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Big Data -- Answer ✔✔ A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and
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unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools.
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Volume -- Answer ✔✔ Scale of data. Includes enormous volumes of data generated daily.
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Velocity -- Answer ✔✔ Analysis of streaming data.
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Variety -- Answer ✔✔ Different forms of structured or unstructured data. Data from
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spreadsheets, email, video, etc.
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Veracity -- Answer ✔✔ Uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.
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Uncertainty or untrustworthiness of data.
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, Analytics -- Answer ✔✔ The science of fact-based decision making.
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Business Analytics -- Answer ✔✔ The scientific process of transforming data into insight for
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making better decisions.
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Data Mining -- Answer ✔✔ The process of analyzing data to extract information onto
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offered by the raw data alone.
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Estimation Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ Determines values for unknown continuous variable
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behavior or estimated future value.
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Affinity Grouping Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ Reveals the relationship between variables along
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with the nature and frequency of relationships
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Cluster Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ a technique used to divide an information set into mutually
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exclusive groups such that the members of each group are as close together as possible to
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one another and the different groups are as far apart as possible.
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Classification Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ The process of organizing data into categories or
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groups for its most effective and efficient use
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Optimization Model -- Answer ✔✔ A statistical process that finds the way to make a design,
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system, or decision as effective as possible.
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Forecasting Model -- Answer ✔✔ Time-series information is time-stamped information
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collected at a particular frequency. Forecasts are predictions based on time-series
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information allowing users to manipulate the time series for forecasting activities.
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Regression Model -- Answer ✔✔ A statistical process for estimating the relationships
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among variables.
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Content Sharing Through Open Sourcing -- Answer ✔✔ Nonproprietary hardware and
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software based on publicly known standards that allows third parties to create add-on
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products to plug into or interoperate with the system.
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SOLUTIONS
Data -- Answer ✔✔ Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object.
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Information -- Answer ✔✔ Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
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I.E. Best selling product, best customer
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Business Intelligence -- Answer ✔✔ Information collected from multiple sources that
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analyze patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic goals and decision making
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I.E. Lowest sales per week, best-selling product by month.
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Knowledge -- Answer ✔✔ The skills, experience, and expertise, coupled with information
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and intelligence, that create a person's intellectual resources.
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I.E. Choosing not to fire a sales rep who is underperforming.
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Big Data -- Answer ✔✔ A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and
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unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools.
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Volume -- Answer ✔✔ Scale of data. Includes enormous volumes of data generated daily.
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Velocity -- Answer ✔✔ Analysis of streaming data.
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Variety -- Answer ✔✔ Different forms of structured or unstructured data. Data from
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spreadsheets, email, video, etc.
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Veracity -- Answer ✔✔ Uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.
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Uncertainty or untrustworthiness of data.
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, Analytics -- Answer ✔✔ The science of fact-based decision making.
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Business Analytics -- Answer ✔✔ The scientific process of transforming data into insight for
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
making better decisions.
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Data Mining -- Answer ✔✔ The process of analyzing data to extract information onto
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
offered by the raw data alone.
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Estimation Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ Determines values for unknown continuous variable
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behavior or estimated future value.
.l .l .l .l .l
Affinity Grouping Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ Reveals the relationship between variables along
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with the nature and frequency of relationships
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Cluster Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ a technique used to divide an information set into mutually
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exclusive groups such that the members of each group are as close together as possible to
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one another and the different groups are as far apart as possible.
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Classification Analysis -- Answer ✔✔ The process of organizing data into categories or
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groups for its most effective and efficient use
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
Optimization Model -- Answer ✔✔ A statistical process that finds the way to make a design,
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
system, or decision as effective as possible.
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l
Forecasting Model -- Answer ✔✔ Time-series information is time-stamped information
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
collected at a particular frequency. Forecasts are predictions based on time-series
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
information allowing users to manipulate the time series for forecasting activities.
.l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l .l
Regression Model -- Answer ✔✔ A statistical process for estimating the relationships
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among variables.
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Content Sharing Through Open Sourcing -- Answer ✔✔ Nonproprietary hardware and
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software based on publicly known standards that allows third parties to create add-on
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products to plug into or interoperate with the system.
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