Deck 19: An Introduction to Data Mining

Question 1

Looking for patterns in a large data set is referred to as ______.

A)data mining
B)data uncovering
C)data cleaning
D)data questing

Answer 1

data mining

Question 2

According to author Neil Salkind,how many data sets are there in the Data.gov for the public to view?

A)more than 100,000
B)more than 500,000
C)more than 10,000
D)more than 50,000

Answer 2

more than 100,000

Question 3

According to author Neil Salkind,which program can easily read and convert a .csv file into a .sav file?

A)Excel
B)Adobe
C)SPSS
D)Internet Explorer

Answer 3

SPSS

Question 4

Technology allows for the collection of every single piece of data that is available,provided ______ can be addressed.

A)relationship
B)information
C)data
D)privacy

Question 5

______ is a very large collection of either cases or variables,but usually both.

A)Data set
B)Data mining
C)Big data
D)Small data

Question 6

A pivot table allows you to visualize and manipulate rows and columns,as well as the ______ of cells.

A)relevance
B)reliability values
C)validity figures
D)contents

Question 7

As expected,there is an entire ______ devoted to data mining.

A)organization
B)society
C)profession
D)industry

Question 8

What is another term for data mining?

A)information
B)surveying
C)investigation
D)analytics

Question 9

SPSS has many "counting" commands that are very useful for ______ the nature of data in a large data set.

A)reducing
B)adding
C)aggregating
D)subtracting

Question 10

The vast amount of information available now is measured in ______,or about 1 quintillion bytes.

A)megabytes
B)exabytes
C)kilobytes
D)gigabytes

Question 11

Cross-tabulation tables summarize what type of data?

A)reliable
B)ratio
C)categorical
D)ordinal

Question 12

What process can help look for patterns among data?

A)surveying
B)data mining
C)investigation
D)information

Question 13

SPSS offers an advanced set of tools for data and text mining named ______.

A)SPSS Data Package
B)SPSS Data Program
C)SPSS Modeler
D)SPSS System

Question 14

A database from New York state contains more than ______ baby names.

A)52,000
B)520,000
C)5,200,000
D)5,200

Question 15

Technological advances allow for more ______ among institutions and people and machines.

A)interconnectedness
B)relationships
C)independence
D)dependence

Question 16

What is the meaning of "quants?"

A)qualitative skills
B)quantitative skills
C)quality skills
D)quantity skills

Question 17

The data set of baby names ______.

A)does not change over time
B)does change over time
C)stays the same
D)changes constantly

Question 18

The variables in the data set of baby names includes all but which of the following?

A)year of birth
B)first name
C)county of birth
D)household income

Question 19

All the following have large amounts of data EXCEPT ______.

A)individual journal notes
B)social media interactions
C)detailed analysis of sporting events
D)health care records

Question 20

What is the SPSS's programming language?

A)SPSS instruction
B)SPSS syntax
C)SPSS command
D)SPSS language

Question 21

Which SPSS tool allows you to cross-tabulate more than one variable?

A)correlation
B)compare means
C)cross-tabs
D)regression

Question 22

Cross-tabs create a table by summarizing what type of data?

A)interval
B)ratio
C)categorical
D)real

Question 23

What type of data are used in cross-tabulation tables?

A)reliable
B)ratio
C)categorical
D)ordinal

Question 24

Which is a special tool that allows you to easily visualize and manipulate rows and columns as well as the contents of cells?

A)pivot tables
B)Excel tables
C)pivot figures
D)Excel figures

Question 25

Data mining is an effective tool in looking for patterns in ______.

A)the world
B)people
C)a large data set
D)the relationship

Question 26

To create something on pivot tables,some type of ______ on which to operate is needed.

A)input
B)output
C)information
D)data

Question 27

Analytics is another term for ______.

A)data mining
B)surveying
C)investigation
D)information

Question 28

A pivot table allows for ______ and manipulating rows and columns,as well as the contents of cells.

A)revealing
B)presenting
C)creating
D)visualizing

Question 29

SPSS syntax is an effective way to run ______ analysis.

A)data
B)small data
C)big data
D)information

Question 30

What is the function of SPSS syntax?

A)language
B)programming language
C)codes
D)signs

Question 31

Pivot tables can be constructed based on ______ output.

A)SPSS
B)Excel
C)pivot figures
D)Excel figures

Question 32

SPSS Modeler offers a high-level set of tools for ______.

A)data
B)text
C)data mining
D)data analysis

Question 33

People tend to use data mining techniques to ______.

A)create a pivot table
B)compare means
C)test hypothesis
D)test correlation

Question 34

What is the name of the command instruction to run analysis in SPSS program?

A)SPSS instruction
B)SPSS syntax
C)SPSS command
D)SPSS language

Question 35

Crosstabs summarize ______ data to create a table with row and column totals.

A)interval
B)ratio
C)categorical
D)real

Question 36

A pivot table can be created from almost any ______ output.

A)Google
B)SPSS
C)pivot
D)Microsoft

Question 37

Today,there is an entire industry that has been devoted to data mining,and these companies tend to operate according to ______ guidelines.

A)standard process
B)cross-industry
C)CRISP-DM
D)information

Question 38

How much information about people and the world around us is available now?

A)1,000 exabytes
B)10 exabytes
C)100 exabytes
D)1 million exabytes

Question 39

Which tool is an effective one in counting with frequencies?

A)correlation
B)compare means
C)regression
D)cross tabulation

Question 40

In general,we need to be as granular as possible in creating pivot tables.In this context,what is the meaning of granular?

A)comprehensive
B)detailed
C)clear
D)interactive

Question 41

As a general rule,we need to be as granular as possible in generating pivot tables.

Question 42

What is pivot table and how it is it used?

Question 43

What is an example of a research situation in which you would use data mining techniques?

Question 44

A pivot table is a special way to visualize and manipulate rows and columns as well as the contents of cells.

Question 45

What is SPSS Modeler?

Question 46

What is data mining?

Question 47

In order to create something on pivot tables,we need some type of input on which to operate.

Question 48

SPSS syntax is programming language.

Question 49

A pivot table can be created from almost any Google outcome.

Question 50

What is big data?