WGU C207 Data Driven Decision
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Results-based management does NOT need which of the following?
a Statistically complex indicators
b Constant monitoring
c Collaboration between all participants
d A common goal among everyone involved
a Statistically complex indicators
Results-based management uses simple indicators in order to be more flexible to the
constant changes of running a business.
Which one of the following is NOT an example of big data?
a Department store questionnaires for online shoppers
b The number of people in the entire world
c Different heights of people in the state of Alabama
d Spending habits of people from Beverly Hills
b The number of people in the entire world
The purpose of data mining is to:
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a determine the direction an individual or company takes.
b discover outliers in the data.
c decipher patterns from large databases.
d establish large data as a useful tool.
c decipher patterns from large databases.
A is created when a researcher combines data (e.g. prices) from
multiple items without weighing any of them more significantly than the others.
a simple composite index
b weighted composite index
c simple index number
d none of the above
a simple composite index
A simple composite index is created when a researcher gathers data from many
different sources without weighing any data more significantly than any other data.
Usually, this means that there is only one good or service being measured so that all of
the information is weighted equally.
What is a use of an index number?
a To find books in the library
b To assess the quantity or price of a good over time
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c To compare the price of two goods at a given moment
d To compare other numbers to a certain number on a number line
A simple composite index is created when a researcher gathers data from many
different sources without weighing any data more significantly than any other data.
Usually, this means that there is only one good or service being measured so that all of
the information is weighted equally.
counts all of the existing cases of a disease, while only
counts new cases.
a Prevalence and incidence
b Rate and ratio analysis
c Ratio analysis and rate
d Incidence and prevalence
a Prevalence and incidence
A measures one quantity in relation to another quantity.
a proportion
b incidence
c rate
d ratio
d ratio
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