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BUAL 5660 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Tables/Transaction/Legacy Data
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1SEMMA 2Relational Data
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AM 3Bipartite network 4Observation
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Data -> pattern -> insights/new relationship ->
Inductive reasoning discovery/theory
Deductive reasoning Theory -> hypothesis -> observation -> confirmation
Relational Data Tables/Transaction/Legacy Data
Text Data Web
Semi-structured Data XML ex:tweets
Graph Data Social Network, Semantic Web (RDF), Video
Streaming Data Data that can only be scanned once
New sources of data are from outside the
Observation organization
Answers 'What happened?' and 'What is
Descriptive analytics happening?'
Business reporting, dashboards, scorecards,
Enablers and data warehousing
Outcomes Well defined business problems and opportunities
Answers 'What will happen?' and 'Why will it
Predictive analytics happen?'
Data mining, forecasting, predictions with text
Enablers analysis, web/media mining, and market basket
analysis
Outcomes Accurate projections of future events and outcomes
Answers 'What should I do?' and 'Why should I do
Prescriptive analytics it?'
Enablers Optimization, simulation and expert systems
Outcomes Best possible business decision and actions
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