business analytics - ANSWERcombines qualitative
reasoning with quantitative tools to identify key business
problems and translate data analysis into decisions that
improve business performance
A 'variable' is defined as when a characteristic of interest
differs in kind or degree among various observations. -
ANSWERTrue
A weakness of 'ordinal data' is that we cannot interpret the
difference between the ranked value; For example, if
someone finishes first, second, or third in a foot race,
, there is not necessarily the same 'difference in time'
between first place and second place, as there is between
second place and third place. - ANSWERTrue
In which data format does each column start and end at
the same place in every row? - ANSWERFixed-width
" ", " " and " " are the three broad categories of analytics
techniques designed to extract value from data? Note: You
do not need to add the word 'analytics' in your responses.
- ANSWERDescriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive
A ____________ consists of all observations or items of
interest in an analysis. - ANSWERPopulation