Question 1

During the winter, the ice festival committee measures the depth of the ice during the month of February. What is the type of measurement scale?

Accepted Answer

A)  ratio 
B)  interval 
C)  nominal 
D)  numerical 
A)  ratio 
B)  interval 
C)  nominal 
D)  numerical

Question 2

Data are the compilation of facts, figures, or other contents, both numerical and non-numerical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

An instructor hands out course evaluations where students have a rank of 0 to 5. What is the best way for the data to be measured called?

Accepted Answer

A)  filtered 
B)  ordinal 
C)  nominal 
D)  numerical 
A)  filtered 
B)  ordinal 
C)  nominal 
D)  numerical

Question 4

The length of hair is what type of variable?

Accepted Answer

A)  distraction 
B)  discrete numerical 
C)  categorical 
D)  continuous numerical 
A)  distraction 
B)  discrete numerical 
C)  categorical 
D)  continuous numerical

Question 5

In a New York Times article, calls are being mounted to ease tech's grip on personal data. The concern is that a handful of companies holds most of the data. The immense amount of data is also called

Accepted Answer

A)  volume. 
B)  veracity. 
C)  values. 
D)  variety. 
A)  volume. 
B)  veracity. 
C)  values. 
D)  variety.

Question 6

The use of historical information to predict what could happen in the future describes prescriptive analytics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup contained 52 matches in total with 24 teams competing. The use of _____ data will display team standings during and at the end of the tournament.

Accepted Answer

A)  split-data 
B)  organized 
C)  cross-sectional 
D)  numerical 
A)  split-data 
B)  organized 
C)  cross-sectional 
D)  numerical

Question 8

What term refers to the credibility and quality of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  volume 
B)  veracity 
C)  values 
D)  variety 
A)  volume 
B)  veracity 
C)  values 
D)  variety

Question 9

Which one of the following variables is numerical?

Accepted Answer

A)  religion 
B)  height 
C)  city 
D)  name 
A)  religion 
B)  height 
C)  city 
D)  name

Question 10

Unstructured data is best defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  not conforming to a predefined, row-column format. 
B)  not conforming to a way to analyze data. 
C)  conforming to a predefined, row-column format. 
D)  conforming to a managing velocity. 
A)  not conforming to a predefined, row-column format. 
B)  not conforming to a way to analyze data. 
C)  conforming to a predefined, row-column format. 
D)  conforming to a managing velocity.

Question 11

Mary asks her friends on Facebook for recommendations for the best restaurants in Chicago. The results are then placed in a table for review. What does the data represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  time-series data 
B)  cross-sectional data 
C)  numerical data 
D)  quantitative data 
A)  time-series data 
B)  cross-sectional data 
C)  numerical data 
D)  quantitative data

Question 12

Which one is a drawback of interval-scaled data?

Accepted Answer

A)  The zero point is arbitrarily chosen. 
B)  The degree of measurement is not a whole number. 
C)  The scale is categorized and qualitative. 
D)  The scale in nominal and zero point is meaningful. 
A)  The zero point is arbitrarily chosen. 
B)  The degree of measurement is not a whole number. 
C)  The scale is categorized and qualitative. 
D)  The scale in nominal and zero point is meaningful.

Question 13

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What does the 38% represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical data 
B)  random data 
C)  population 
D)  sample set 
A)  categorical data 
B)  random data 
C)  population 
D)  sample set

Question 14

Cassidy is researching the impacts of eating breakfast on college students who have classes prior to 9 am. To do this, she issued a Likert scale questionnaire to the students, with a scale of 1 through 10 to answer a series of 20 questions. What is the type of measurement scale?

Accepted Answer

A)  ratio 
B)  nominal 
C)  ordinal 
D)  interval 
A)  ratio 
B)  nominal 
C)  ordinal 
D)  interval

Question 15

Collecting height data annually on the sample set of participants is an example of time series data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What do the overall observations in the study represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  categorical data 
B)  random data 
C)  population 
D)  sample set 
A)  categorical data 
B)  random data 
C)  population 
D)  sample set

Question 17

When coding in HTML, <table> is a tag used to provide structure for textual data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the following file format called?
Inv_Nbr, Inv_Name, Inv_Cost

876521,battery,45.00

Accepted Answer

A)  delimited format 
B)  extensible markup 
C)  fixed-width format 
D)  hypertext format 
A)  delimited format 
B)  extensible markup 
C)  fixed-width format 
D)  hypertext format

Question 19

Which if the following broad categories is not a type of analytic technique?

Accepted Answer

A)  manipulative analytics 
B)  descriptive analytics 
C)  predictive analytics 
D)  prescriptive analytics 
A)  manipulative analytics 
B)  descriptive analytics 
C)  predictive analytics 
D)  prescriptive analytics

Question 20

A massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is extremely difficult to manage, process, and analyze is known by which catch phrase?

Accepted Answer

A)  wrangling 
B)  big data 
C)  data mining 
D)  general data 
A)  wrangling 
B)  big data 
C)  data mining 
D)  general data

During the winter, the ice festival committee measures the depth of the ice during the month of February. What is the type of measurement scale?

Data are the compilation of facts, figures, or other contents, both numerical and non-numerical.

An instructor hands out course evaluations where students have a rank of 0 to 5. What is the best way for the data to be measured called?

The length of hair is what type of variable?

In a New York Times article, calls are being mounted to ease tech's grip on personal data. The concern is that a handful of companies holds most of the data. The immense amount of data is also called

The use of historical information to predict what could happen in the future describes prescriptive analytics.

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup contained 52 matches in total with 24 teams competing. The use of _____ data will display team standings during and at the end of the tournament.

What term refers to the credibility and quality of data?

Which one of the following variables is numerical?

Unstructured data is best defined as

Mary asks her friends on Facebook for recommendations for the best restaurants in Chicago. The results are then placed in a table for review. What does the data represent?

Which one is a drawback of interval-scaled data?

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What does the 38% represent?

Cassidy is researching the impacts of eating breakfast on college students who have classes prior to 9 am. To do this, she issued a Likert scale questionnaire to the students, with a scale of 1 through 10 to answer a series of 20 questions. What is the type of measurement scale?

Collecting height data annually on the sample set of participants is an example of time series data.

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What do the overall observations in the study represent?

When coding in HTML, <table> is a tag used to provide structure for textual data.

What is the following file format called? Inv_Nbr, Inv_Name, Inv_Cost 876521,battery,45.00

Which if the following broad categories is not a type of analytic technique?

A massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is extremely difficult to manage, process, and analyze is known by which catch phrase?

Data Management and Wrangling

Data Visualization and Summary Measures

Probability and Probability Distributions

Statistical Inference

Regression Analysis

Advanced Regression Analysis

Introduction to Data Mining

Supervised Data Mining: K-Nearest Neighbors and Naãve Bayes

Supervised Data Mining: Decision Trees

Unsupervised Data Mining

Forecasting With Time Series Data

Introduction to Prescriptive Analytics

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Exam 1: Introduction to Business Analytics

During the winter, the ice festival committee measures the depth of the ice during the month of February. What is the type of measurement scale?

Data are the compilation of facts, figures, or other contents, both numerical and non-numerical.

An instructor hands out course evaluations where students have a rank of 0 to 5. What is the best way for the data to be measured called?

The length of hair is what type of variable?

In a New York Times article, calls are being mounted to ease tech's grip on personal data. The concern is that a handful of companies holds most of the data. The immense amount of data is also called

The use of historical information to predict what could happen in the future describes prescriptive analytics.

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup contained 52 matches in total with 24 teams competing. The use of _____ data will display team standings during and at the end of the tournament.

What term refers to the credibility and quality of data?

Which one of the following variables is numerical?

Unstructured data is best defined as

Mary asks her friends on Facebook for recommendations for the best restaurants in Chicago. The results are then placed in a table for review. What does the data represent?

Which one is a drawback of interval-scaled data?

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What does the 38% represent?

Cassidy is researching the impacts of eating breakfast on college students who have classes prior to 9 am. To do this, she issued a Likert scale questionnaire to the students, with a scale of 1 through 10 to answer a series of 20 questions. What is the type of measurement scale?

Collecting height data annually on the sample set of participants is an example of time series data.

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What do the overall observations in the study represent?

When coding in HTML, <table> is a tag used to provide structure for textual data.

What is the following file format called? Inv_Nbr, Inv_Name, Inv_Cost 876521,battery,45.00

Which if the following broad categories is not a type of analytic technique?

A massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is extremely difficult to manage, process, and analyze is known by which catch phrase?

Data Management and Wrangling

Data Visualization and Summary Measures

Probability and Probability Distributions

Statistical Inference

Regression Analysis

Advanced Regression Analysis

Introduction to Data Mining

Supervised Data Mining: K-Nearest Neighbors and Naãve Bayes

Supervised Data Mining: Decision Trees

Unsupervised Data Mining

Forecasting With Time Series Data

Introduction to Prescriptive Analytics

Filters