Data mining Data mining is simply filtering through large amounts of raw data for useful information that gives businesses a competitive edge. This information is made up of meaningful patterns and trends that are already in the data but were previously unseen. The most popular tool used when mining is artificial intelligence (AI). AI technologies try to work the way the human brain works‚ by making intelligent guesses‚ learning by example‚ and using deductive reasoning. Some of the more popular
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1 Secondary data analysis: an introduction All data are the consequence of one person asking questions of someone else. (Jacob 1984: 43) This chapter introduces the field of secondary data analysis. It begins by considering what it is that we mean by secondary data analysis‚ before describing the type of data that might lend itself to secondary analysis and the ways in which the approach has developed as a research tool in social and educational research. The second part of the chapter considers
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Associate Level Material Comparative Data Resource: Ch. 14 of Health Care Finance Complete the following table by writing responses to the questions. Cite the sources in the text and list them at the bottom of the table. What criterion must be met for true comparability? | For true comparability‚ consistency‚ verification and unit measurement must be met. Consistency is vital to make sure that all things are done in the same manner throughout the same time period. Verification is
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What Is A Data Dictionary? Per the IBM Dictionary of Computing‚ a data dictionary is a "centralized repository of information about data such as meaning‚ relationships to other data‚ origin‚ usage‚ and format." Essentially‚ it is documentation or data about data in a file or database‚ also called metadata. Typical Items In A Data Dictionary For each field or column in a database table‚ describe the following elements: Item Contents File/Table Name The name of the file or table where
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5 reasons to use social CRM for support and services By David Taber July 19‚ 2012 11:57 AM ET 2 Comments . CIO - So this article may come as something of a surprise‚ as I’m going to be beating the drums about social CRM again‚ this time for the service and support organization. Why? Social networks give you the quickest access to customers where they already are. Almost anybody you want to do business with is somewhere on Facebook or LinkedIn or product-review networks‚ at least in the United
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Types of Data Integrity This section describes the rules that can be applied to table columns to enforce different types of data integrity. Null Rule A null rule is a rule defined on a single column that allows or disallows inserts or updates of rows containing a null (the absence of a value) in that column. Unique Column Values A unique value rule defined on a column (or set of columns) allows the insert or update of a row only if it contains a unique value in that column (or set of columns)
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240 - INTRODUCTION TO DATA PROCESSING/MANGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Objectives To give a thorough and up-to-date grounding in the realities of commercial applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s). To Examine the roles of data‚ information and knowledge within modern business organisations‚ and the roles that information and communication technologies (ICT’s) play in supporting people and groups within organisations. To provide students with a thorough understanding
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Part A 1. What is a data structure? Data structure is a mechanism for storing data and organizing it in some way. The data structures you use in Alice are list and arrays. 2. Which automatically grows in size as you add items to it‚ lists or arrays? The list automatically expands as items are added to it. 3. When you drag a list tile and drop it on top of a placeholder in an instruction‚ a menu will appear. What will be on the menu? A menu appears showing a list of the methods that
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ITE 221 – Project#1 – Data Representation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d11h6832%28v=VS.71%29.aspx Class library of the .NET Framework for Microsoft. 1. What is a data structure? A data structure is a related group of primitive data elements organized for some type of common processing and is defined and manipulated in software. 2. What is a library? A library contains resources for developing software. These resources could be pre-written code‚ subroutines‚ classes‚ values
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the oppressive nature of governments‚ may also wish to encrypt certain information to avoid suffering the penalties of going against the wishes of those who attempt to control. Still‚ the methods of data encryption and decryption are relatively straightforward‚ and easily mastered. I have been doing data encryption since my college days‚ when I used an encryption algorithm to store game programs and system information files on the university mini-computer‚ safe from ’prying eyes’. These were files
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