BUAL-5660 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
Inductive vs Deductive reasoning - Answer-1. data -> pattern -> insights/new relationship ->
discovery/theory
vs.
2. theory -> hypotheses -> observation -> confirmation
Data types - Answer--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: you can only scan the data once
Observation: New sources of data are from outside the organization
Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive - Answer-Types of analytics
Descriptive analytics - Answer-Questions:
, -What happened?
-What is happening?
Enablers:
-Business reporting
-Dashboards
-Scorecards
-Data warehousing
Outcomes:
-Well-defined business problems and opportunities
Predictive analytics - Answer-Questions:
-What will happen?
-Why will is happen?
Enablers:
-Data mining
-Forecasting
-Predictions using text analysis
-Web/media mining
-Market Basket Analysis
Outcomes:
-Accurate projections of future events and outcomes
Answers
Inductive vs Deductive reasoning - Answer-1. data -> pattern -> insights/new relationship ->
discovery/theory
vs.
2. theory -> hypotheses -> observation -> confirmation
Data types - Answer--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: you can only scan the data once
Observation: New sources of data are from outside the organization
Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive - Answer-Types of analytics
Descriptive analytics - Answer-Questions:
, -What happened?
-What is happening?
Enablers:
-Business reporting
-Dashboards
-Scorecards
-Data warehousing
Outcomes:
-Well-defined business problems and opportunities
Predictive analytics - Answer-Questions:
-What will happen?
-Why will is happen?
Enablers:
-Data mining
-Forecasting
-Predictions using text analysis
-Web/media mining
-Market Basket Analysis
Outcomes:
-Accurate projections of future events and outcomes