trying to maximize its profits. A new‚ and important‚ tool in gaining this knowledge is Data Mining. Data Mining is a set of automated procedures used to find previously unknown patterns and relationships in data. These patterns and relationships‚ once extracted‚ can be used to make valid predictions about the behavior of the customer. Data Mining is generally used for four main tasks: (1) to improve the process of making new customers and retaining customers; (2) to reduce fraud; (3) to identify
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DATA DICTIONARY Data Dictionaries‚ a brief explanation Data dictionaries are how we organize all the data that we have into information. We will define what our data means‚ what type of data it is‚ how we can use it‚ and perhaps how it is related to other data. Basically this is a process in transforming the data ‘18’ or ‘TcM’ into age or username‚ because if we are presented with the data ‘18’‚ that can mean a lot of things… it can be an age‚ a prefix or a suffix of a telephone number‚ or basically
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Be Data Literate – Know What to Know by Peter F. Drucker Executives have become computer literate. The younger ones‚ especially‚ know more about the way the computer works than they know about the mechanics of the automobile or the telephone. But not many executives are information-literate. They know how to get data. But most still have to learn how to use data. Few executives yet know how to ask: What information do I need to do my job? When do I need it? In what
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developed to run on any browser and on Windows platform. CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM ANALYSIS 2.1 INTRODUCTION Systems analysis is a process of collecting factual data‚ understand the processes involved‚ identifying problems and recommending feasible suggestions for improving the system functioning. This involves studying the business processes‚ gathering operational data‚ understand the information flow‚ finding out bottlenecks and evolving solutions for overcoming the weaknesses of the system so as
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DATA INTEGRATION Data integration involves combining data residing in different sources and providing users with a unified view of these data. This process becomes significant in a variety of situations‚ which include both commercial (when two similar companies need to merge their databases and scientific (combining research results from different bioinformatics repositories‚ for example) domains. Data integration appears with increasing frequency as the volume and the need to share existing data explodes
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1. Data mart definition A data mart is the access layer of the data warehouse environment that is used to get data out to the users. The data mart is a subset of the data warehouse that is usually oriented to a specific business line or team. Data marts are small slices of the data warehouse. Whereas data warehouses have an enterprise-wide depth‚ the information in data marts pertains to a single department. In some deployments‚ each department or business unit is considered the owner of its data
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Data Recovery Book V1.0 (Visit http://www.easeus.com for more information) DATA RECOVERY BOOK V1.0 FOREWORD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The core of information age is the information technology‚ while the core of the information technology consists in the information process and storage. Along with the rapid development of the information and the popularization of the personal computer‚ people find information
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Activity 1 Reasons why organisations need to collect HR Data. It is important for organisations to collect and retain HR data as this will be key for strategic and HR planning. It will also help to have all the information necessary to make informed decisions‚ for the formulation and implementation of employment policies and procedures‚ to monitor fair and consistent treatment of staff‚ to contribute to National Statistics and to comply with statutory requirements. The key organisational
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an era of big data‚ this data-driven world has the potential to improve the efficiencies of enterprises and improve the quality of our lives; however‚ there are a number of challenges that must be addressed to allow us to exploit the full potential of big data. This paper focuses on challenges faced by online retailers when making use of big data. With the provided examples of online retailers Amazon and eBay‚ this paper addressed the key challenges of big data analytics including data capture and
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the number of students in each grade. (b) Construct a new circle graph to show how the percent of Grade 9 students rose by 10% and the percent of Grade 11 students fell by 10% the following year. Compare graphs. 2. Analyze the following box-and-whisker plot. What are the median value for the whole sample‚ the median values for each half‚ and the range? 3. Students in Mrs. Singh’s math class were asked if they can watch television and do math homework at the same time. According
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