Activities (RBM stage)
second step involves the process that converts inputs to outputs (actions necessary to produces results - training, evaluating,
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Alternative hypothesis
The argument that either a sample is not equal to, greater than, or less than the hypothesized null sample
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
a technique used to determine if there is a sufficient evidence from sample data of three or more populations to conclude that the means of the population are not all equal. A statistical method that helps identify the sources of variability by comparing
their means or averages; it compares the variation within a sample to the variation between samples to see if any differences are the result of some contributing factor or if the differences occur by chance alone.
Analytics
The discovery, analysis, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
Autocorrelation
A relationship between two variables that is inherently non-linear
Balanced Scorecard
An approach using multiple measures to evaluate performance, including financial measures, and the non-financial measures of customers, internal business processes, and learning and growth.
Bar chart
A graph that measures the distribution of data over discrete groups or categories.
Benchmarks
Standards or points of reference for an industry or sector that can be used for comparison and evaluation.
Big Data
very large amounts of data; an all-encompassing term for any collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process them using traditional data processing applications
Blind Study
A study performed where the participants are not told if they are in the treatment group or control group
body mass index (BMI)
A measure, based on a person's weight and height, that is used to classify people as underweight or overweight.
Business process
A sequence of logically related and time based work activities to provide a specific output for a customer.
Central Limit Theorem
A theorem that states that, the greater the sample, the closer the mean of the sample is to the entire population and the more the results will look like a normal distribution
Cluster Analysis
The process of arranging terms or values based on different variables into "natural" groups
Cointegration
Occurs when two time series are moving with a common pattern due to a connection between the two time series
Combination
The number of different unordered possibilities for a certain situation.
Complement
The occurrence of an event not happening, the opposite
Confidence interval
An interval estimate used to indicate reliability
Continuous Data
Data that can lay along any point in a range of data
Control chart
A graphic display of process data over time and against established control limits, and that has a centerline that assists in detecting a trend of plotted values toward either control limit. A modified run chart that also provides upper and/or lower limits that a process should not exceed.
Control limits
The area composed of three standard deviations on either side of the centerline, or mean, of a normal distribution of data plotted on a control chart that reflects the expected variation in the data. See also specification limits.
Criterion-reference test
compare an individual to certain defined standards
Cumulative Average-Time Learning Model
A learning curve model in which the cumulative average time per unit declines by a constant percentage each time the cumulative quantity of units produced is doubled
Cumulative distributions
The probability that a random variable will be found at a value less than or equal to a given number
Customer satisfaction
A measure of the extent to which customers are satisfied with the products and related services they received from a supplier.
Cycle time
The total elapsed time to move a unit of work from the beginning to the end of a physical process, as defined by the producer and the customer.
Data Management
The management, including cleaning and storage, of collected data.
Data Mining
the process of discovering patterns in large data sets; performed on big data to decipher patterns from these large databases
Data Set
A collection of related data records on a storage device. [Show Less]