C207 Data Driven Decision Making OA
Questions with complete solution
2025/2026
For companies to attract and retain their analytics
best cus- tomers they need a complete
portrait of who they are. To develop this
portrait companies turn to...
1. A manufacturer wants to maximize their factory out- prescriptive
analysis
put while specifically minimizing labor costs.
What type of analytics might they employ to
achieve this goal?
2. What type of data error occurs when systematic
measurement is constant within a data set
and is sometimes cause by faulty equipment
or bias?
measurement bias
3. An Educator develops a new standardized
test to measure math skills of ninth graders.
She has stu- dents in her home state of Ohio
take the test. If the test is to be used on a
national level, what type of error might be
found in her data?
4. A city government is trying to determine the nation- omission
al origins of its recent immigrant
population. If a survey of the immigrant
population is conducted in English what
type of error might be present in the data?
5. The use of Big Data is increasingly important
to busi- nesses in competitive markets. Which
of the follow- ing characteristics is not true of
big data?
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66
,o requires the use of analytics
o contains structured data
o contains unstructured data
o can be analyzed with traditional spreadsheets
2/
66
, C207 Data Driven Decision Making OA
The Davenport-Kim three-stage model
consists of
determine the scope of the
framing the problem, solving the problem, and com- problem and
review of pre-
municating results. Which two of the vious findings.
following are part of framing the problem
stage?
o determine the scope of the problem
o data collection
o review previous findings
o presenting a recommendation
treatment procedures and
6. A healthcare provider is researching blood experimental response
glucose levels before and after exercising.
What two ele- ments should be part of any
experimental study such as this?
o treatment procedures
o patient observation
o statistical validity
o experimental response
7. Runners cover 26.2 miles in the Olympics marathon. ratio
What level of measurement is this?
8. What level of measurement is the type of nominal
cars pro- duced in Ford factory?
9. What level of measurement is this the 10 ordinal
best cities in the U.S. to retire in?
10. What level of measurement are women's dress sizes interval
(0, 2, 4, 6, etc.)?
11. A local school board is studying the impact of a pro- posed
3/
66
, change in testing on math scores. Bias can double-blind study
be introduced into the study by both
students and
4/
66
Questions with complete solution
2025/2026
For companies to attract and retain their analytics
best cus- tomers they need a complete
portrait of who they are. To develop this
portrait companies turn to...
1. A manufacturer wants to maximize their factory out- prescriptive
analysis
put while specifically minimizing labor costs.
What type of analytics might they employ to
achieve this goal?
2. What type of data error occurs when systematic
measurement is constant within a data set
and is sometimes cause by faulty equipment
or bias?
measurement bias
3. An Educator develops a new standardized
test to measure math skills of ninth graders.
She has stu- dents in her home state of Ohio
take the test. If the test is to be used on a
national level, what type of error might be
found in her data?
4. A city government is trying to determine the nation- omission
al origins of its recent immigrant
population. If a survey of the immigrant
population is conducted in English what
type of error might be present in the data?
5. The use of Big Data is increasingly important
to busi- nesses in competitive markets. Which
of the follow- ing characteristics is not true of
big data?
1/
66
,o requires the use of analytics
o contains structured data
o contains unstructured data
o can be analyzed with traditional spreadsheets
2/
66
, C207 Data Driven Decision Making OA
The Davenport-Kim three-stage model
consists of
determine the scope of the
framing the problem, solving the problem, and com- problem and
review of pre-
municating results. Which two of the vious findings.
following are part of framing the problem
stage?
o determine the scope of the problem
o data collection
o review previous findings
o presenting a recommendation
treatment procedures and
6. A healthcare provider is researching blood experimental response
glucose levels before and after exercising.
What two ele- ments should be part of any
experimental study such as this?
o treatment procedures
o patient observation
o statistical validity
o experimental response
7. Runners cover 26.2 miles in the Olympics marathon. ratio
What level of measurement is this?
8. What level of measurement is the type of nominal
cars pro- duced in Ford factory?
9. What level of measurement is this the 10 ordinal
best cities in the U.S. to retire in?
10. What level of measurement are women's dress sizes interval
(0, 2, 4, 6, etc.)?
11. A local school board is studying the impact of a pro- posed
3/
66
, change in testing on math scores. Bias can double-blind study
be introduced into the study by both
students and
4/
66
