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ch8 Flashcards

1
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2 managerial keys

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decision making between alternatives and fast decision making

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rational managing (5)

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figure out what the problem is by asking the right questions 
get all the relevant info 
talk to all parties involved 
weigh all factors 
choose the most optimal solution
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decision making steps (5)

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get intelligence 
alternative formulation 
choice 
implementation 
review
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4
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3 factors to decision making

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data
info
knowledge

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problematic data (4)

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wrong granularity
inconsistent data
nonintegrated data
dirty data because of nature of the business

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what does OLTP stand for

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online transaction processing

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what does OLTP do

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collects data and processes transactions

backbone of functional, cross functional, inter-organizational systems

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8
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2 types of transaction processing

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real time and batch

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what does OLAP stand for

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online analytical processing

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what does OLAP do

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improves OLTP and does aritmitic functions

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characteristics of data as a asset 4

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reusable
low cost
can improve revenue and decisions
lower costs

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what does BI stand for

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business intelligence

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what does BI do

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gives information to improve business decision making

makes sure that the info is given to the right user

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what are the primary BI systems 4

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reporting systems
data mining systems
knowledge management systems
expert systems

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what is a data wharhouse

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collects and stores data from other sources

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data warehouse things it does 5

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prepares data for BI processing 
cleans the data 
catalogs the data 
obtains the data 
organizes and relates the data
17
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what is a data mart

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a smaller data warehouse for particular needs

18
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what is data mining

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finding patterns and relationships in data to make predictions

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what is unsupervised mining

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no model or hypotheses is made before the analysis instead hypothesis is made after to explain the results

20
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what is supervised data mining

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  • hypothesis and a model is made before the analysis

- stats are used to estimate the parameters of the model

21
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what are the three V’s in data mining

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volume
velocity
variety

22
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what is information overload

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a lot of irrelevant info

23
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Granularity

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its the level of detail in data

24
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clickstream data

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e commerce data that describes a customers clicking behaviour

25
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what does DSS stand for

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decision support systems

26
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what does dss do

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it makes data collected by OLTP useful for decision making

27
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what is drill down

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further dividing data into more detail

28
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data resource challenge

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when OLTP data isn’t used for decision making

29
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what does GDSS stand for

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group decision support system

30
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what does GDSS do

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its a application that allows more than one individual to make a decision

31
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market-basket analysis

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its a data mining technique that determines sales patterns and shows what customers buy together

32
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knowladge management system

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retrieves a organizations knowledge

33
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expert systems

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systems created by interviewing experts and using their knowledge

34
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what is RFM analysis

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ranking customers based on their purchasing patterns

35
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what is metadata

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data that describes data

36
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what is cluster mining

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identifying groups that have similar data characteristics

37
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what is lift

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its the ratio of confidence to the base probability to buying the item

38
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what is big data

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term refers to a large volume and variety of data over a period in time

39
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what does a OLAP report have

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measurements and dimensions

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