TRUE/FALSE 1) Data mining is a way for companies to develop business intelligence from their data to gain a better understanding of their customers and operations and to solve complex organizational problems. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 190
2) Data mining is a prime candidate for better management of companies that are data-rich, but knowledge-poor. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 193
3) Business analytics cannot be conducted in real time because it includes components such as metrics and reengineering tools. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 195
4) Technically speaking, data mining is a process that uses statistical, mathematical, and artificial intelligence techniques to extract and identify useful information and These data are then used to develop models to extrapolate the future values of the same phenomenon. Answer: time-series Diff: 2 Page Ref: 203 51) ________ data mining begins with a proposition by the user, who then seeks to validate the truthfulness of the proposition Answer: Hypothesis-driven Diff: 2 Page Ref: 204
52) ________ data mining finds patterns, associations, and other relationships hidden within datasets. It can uncover facts that an organization had not previously known or contemplated. Answer: Discovery-driven Diff: 2 Page Ref: 204
53) ________ data, also known as categorical data, contains both nominal and ordinal data. Answer: Qualitative Diff: 1 Page Ref: 208
54) ________ data can be readily represented by some sort of probability distribution. Answer: Quantitative Diff: 1 Page Ref: 209
55) The model's ability to make reasonably accurate predictions, given noisy data or data with missing and erroneous values, is called ________. Answer: robustness Diff: 2 Page Ref: 216
56) With ________, a fixed number of instances from the original data is sampled (with replacement) for training and the rest of the dataset is used for testing. This process is repeated as many times as desired. Answer: bootstrapping Diff: 2 Page Ref: 219
57) The ________ index has been used in economics to measure the diversity of a population. The same concept can be used to determine the purity of a
for him being the newly elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). He felt he needed to do something, so in 1955, December 1, when Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger and was arrested. Martin made the decision to organize a boycott against the bus transportation . This is were the great leadership that Martin Luther King Jr. started.What defines an excellent leader? Is Leadership someone that can think creatively or can solve problems? Is a…
uses the analogy of a bus driver to while describing how to create a winning team within your organization. He recommends that you first get the right people on the bus, and then you get the wrong people off the bus, then the right people in the right seats, and then figure out where you want to drive that bus. Hire people with characteristics you cannot easily instill. Focus on who you are paying, not how. He also recommends analyzing someone’s character, work ethic, intelligence, and dedication to…
Nine Lives 2 Faces A cat that died of cancer in December Had 2 faces Lived until the age of fifteen Known as Janus cats Actual names were Frank and Louie A Crappy Bus Ride A bus in England that runs on poop Emits 30 percent less carbon dioxide than diesel Named the bio bus R Txts Kllng Ur Back Smart phones only weigh a few ounces They van add weight to your spine As pressure builds over the years it can lead to spine damage This was discovered by Kenneth Hansraj Says that as soon as you start…
at a bus stop at Savannah, Georgia in 1981, Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) begins telling his life story to strangers who sit next to him on the bench. His story begins with the leg braces he had to wear as a child in the 1950s, which resulted in other children bullying him. He lives with his mother (Sally Field), who tells him that "stupid is as stupid does." His mother runs a rooming house and Forrest teaches one of their guests, a young Elvis Presley (Peter Dobson), a hip-swinging dance. On a bus for…
Hop on the Hegemonic School Bus: More Education Than Kids Bargain For In much the same way the flickering of a playful gleam, kindled by dusk’s command, beguiles the swarms of mosquitoes fated for the grim plunge into sloughs of citronella oil, the flashes and blares emanating from the screens hosting Saturday morning cartoons turn eager minds to goop. In accordance with its public duty, PBS stepped in with a response to the pandemic: to devise a children’s program that sparks interest in science…
construction is over, Stacey keeps taking the longer route even though she no longer needs to do so. Stacey's behavior is an example of? -functional fixedness. 3) Dan was riding a bus when the engine backfired and made a loud "bang." His heart started pounding, and he felt sick with fear. The next time Dan got on a bus, these unpleasant feelings returned. How would Pavlov explain what happened to Dan?- The unpleasant feeling had become a conditioned response. 4) Many colleges require students…
Eventure is a mixture of ‘Events and Venture’ which means going somewhere you haven’t been. Eventure is a way to somewhere you haven’t been and will always be there after undertaking the journey with our company. Our company logo shows different events. The event represents our versatility. The balloons symbolizes the rising spirit of joy, we decided to choose different colours as the sign of transitions in our lives. The groom and bride represents the commitment with…
the movie (Sam) is abandoned by the mother of their child and is forced to become a single parent. Thankfully Sam is blessed with an elderly and helpful neighbor who assists in occasionally raising the child and providing parenting tips. Sam’s intelligence is at the level of a seven year old child which was fun for his daughter when she was young. But as she grew older, Lucy, felt guilty for being smarter than her father and would find ways to “hold herself” back from school and learning. Due to…
Assumptions of a Perfect Market: Perfect Information Perfect Mobility Rational Actors Perfect Competition and the Invisible Hand Limited Government Interference Friedman: Market is an excellent arbiter between parties. When markets fail, gov’t can step in. Social responsibility is “subversive” (form of theft) Profits should pass to the owners to use how they deem fit Profit Maximization | = | Social Responsibility | Carroll’s Definition of CSR- “The social responsibility of business…
fit into either of these categories. As you know from previous examples, Maeve explored many social and behavioral changes in her adolescence. One conversation sits with me the most. I had a conversation once with Maeve after she was off the school bus in about 10th grade. She described a situation where she had a conversation with a good friend, heard her friend’s values, didn’t agree, and respectfully listened while providing feedback as necessary. She came home to tell me all about her values and…
