Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform managerial decisions.
Which term can be used to describe managerial
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Prescriptive
Descriptive
Pareto chart
Biased
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What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational decision-making?
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Relatively lower cost of computer storage
Lower availability of statistical experts
Higher cost of obtaining data
Higher computer processing power
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How does probability theory inform decision-making for managers?
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CLAUSE
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By quantifying risk
By quantifying data
By quantifying quality
By quantifying costs
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Which type of data are the Olympic medals of gold, silver, and bronze examples of?
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Nominal data
Ordinal data
Interval data
Ratio data
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What are two aspects of data quality management?
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It calculates spurious data.
It reduces the amount of incomplete data.
It monitors data input rates.
It cleans data.
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Which two attributes indicate potential data quality issues when evaluating a set of nominal data?
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Outlier data
Missing data
Out-of-range data
Misspelled data
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When conducting a study that measures an individual’s weight, all scales are calibrated prior to use in
measurement.
Which type of error should this procedure signicantly reduce?
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Systematic error
Omission error
Random error
Information error
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An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low, medium, or high frequency of the
same ad in matched markets. The manager then reports on sales in each market location.
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