Turning data into information © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. 4.0.3 Unit objectives After completing this unit‚ you should be able to: Explain how Business and Data is correlated Discuss the concept of turning data into information Describe the relationships between DW‚ BI‚ and Data Insight Identify the components of a DW architecture Summarize the Insight requirements and goals of
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Chapter 1 Exercises 1. What is data mining? In your answer‚ address the following: Data mining refers to the process or method that extracts or \mines" interesting knowledge or patterns from large amounts of data. (a) Is it another hype? Data mining is not another hype. Instead‚ the need for data mining has arisen due to the wide availability of huge amounts of data and the imminent need for turning such data into useful information and knowledge. Thus‚ data mining can be viewed as the result of
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1) ________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion. 1) _______ A) A number B) Information C) A symbol D) A character 2) Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data-processing functions of a computer? 2) _______ A) storing the data or information B) gathering data C) analyzing the data or information D) processing data into information
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ict policy Data Protection ICT/DPP/2010/10/01 1. Policy Statement 1.1. Epping Forest District Council is fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 which came into force on the 1st March 2000. 1.2. The council will therefore follow procedures that aim to ensure that all employees‚ elected members‚ contractors‚ agents‚ consultants‚ partners or other servants of the council who have access to any personal data held by or on behalf of the
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Question #1: Use the table of US Treasury bond prices for settle on May 15‚ 2010 to derive the discount factors for cash flows to be received in 6 months‚ 1 year‚ and 1.5 years. Bond Price 4 ½ s of 11/15/2010 102.1581 0s of 5/15/2011 99.6012 1 ¾ s of 11/15/2011 101.6435 Discount Factors (Use four decimal points and not in 32nd): D(0.5) = _________________0.9991 D (1.0) = _________________0.9960 D (1.5) = _________________0.9903 Show your work or formula. (100+4.5 /2) d(0
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KFC * 1. INTRODUCTION …… KFC is the world’s No.1 Chicken QSR. Leading in UK‚ Australia‚ South Africa‚ China‚USA‚ Malaysia and many more. Introduced many offerings for its growing customer base in India while staying rooted in the taste legacy of Colonel Harland Sander’s secret recipe. Products are made on the motto of“Crispy outside‚ juicy inside” . In India‚ KFC is growing rapidly and today has presence in 21 * 2. HISTORICALBACKGROUND…… In 1930’s Colonel Harland Sanders some distinguished
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Enhancing Customer Data Enhanced Customer Data Repository is a secure and fully supported data repository with problem determination tools and functions. It updates problem management records (PMR) and maintains full data life cycle management. · combination of all the internal structured business data (CRM‚ ERP‚ POS and all the internal system data) and external unstructured data ( Social media data‚ feedback surveys‚ Audios‚ Videos‚ streaming data‚ Call center data‚ images) · unmanageable volumes
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Collecting and Representing Data During the past few lessons you have looked at ways of collecting and representing data. You will now put all of your knowledge together to complete these questions. Question 1: The information shown displays the colour of 30 cars in the school car park. Complete the tally chart below. Car Colour | Tally | Frequency (Total) | Green | | | Grey | | | Yellow | | | Red | | | Black | | | Blue | | | White | | | Question 2: Using
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Analyzing Waiting Lines Most people find waiting lines irritating – waiting is idle and nonproductive time. From a service system perspective‚ however‚ a line represents a demand for service. Think of a restaurant on a Friday night. As a customer it is an irritation to have to wait 40 plus minutes for a table‚ but from the restaurant’s perspective‚ if there is not a line‚ then that means there are empty tables. Idle services are not good. So management must balance waiting time with the
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Teiresias vs. Oedipus The play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles tells about a man who is blind to see his own fate. The King goes through many different hubris acts leading up to the reason why he is blind. Throughout the play many different people try to tell Oedipus what’s happening but he doesn’t want to believe it. Oedipus was given away as a baby‚ and raised by another King and Queen. Oedipus grew up and killed his father and became King of the city. This caused him to be wed to his mother. Eyes
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