FA1-FA2 Flashcards

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What is the primary focus of statistics?

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Collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data

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Which of the following is NOT a type of data source mentioned?

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Experimental Data

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What type of data includes information about the type of product combined with customer characteristics?

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Contractual, Subscription, or Account Data

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Which data source consists of structured, detailed information capturing the key characteristics of a transaction?

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Transactional Data

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What is the main purpose of surveys in data collection?

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To extract sociodemographic and behavioral data

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Which type of data does not reside in a traditional row-column database?

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Unstructured Data

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What is the broader scope that integrates statistical methods with advanced computational techniques?

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Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?

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Social media posts

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What is the main focus of descriptive analytics?

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Understanding past data

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Which of the following methods is commonly used in statistics to understand data distributions and relationships?

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Hypothesis testing and regression analysis

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Which type of analytics is used to identify the cause of past events?

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Diagnostic Analytics

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What does analytics emphasize in addition to statistical methods?

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Predictive modeling and data mining

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Which of the following best describes the scope of analytics?

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Integrates statistical methods with advanced computational techniques

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What is the first step in the data analysis process

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Prepare data

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Which of the following is not listed as a data source from the chart?

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Printed Books

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16
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In which step would you apply machine learning techniques according to this flowchart?

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Step 2- Extract Patterns

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What outcome does this flowchart suggest as a result of following these steps?

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Gaining insights or making informed decisions based on analyzed data

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Which of the following is an example of transactional data?

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Credit card payment

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What type of information is included in contractual, subscription, or account data?

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Information about the type of product combined with customer characteristics

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What is the primary aim of surveys?

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To extract sociodemographic and behavioral data from a particular group of people

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What is unstructured data?

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Information that does not reside in a traditional row-column database

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Which of the following is an example of a purpose for which data poolers gather data?

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Marketing and credit risk assessment

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What is the first phase in the data analytics process?

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Business Understanding

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What is the primary goal of the Business Understanding phase?

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Evaluating the model

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Which phase involves selecting related data from various databases?
Data Understanding
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What is the primary focus of the Modelling phase?
Applying statistical and machine learning algorithms
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Which phase involves evaluating the performance of the model?
Evaluation
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What type of data can be found in a Temporal, Sequence or Time-Series Database?
Time-based data
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Which phase involves selecting the related data from many available databases to correctly describe a given business task?
Data Understanding
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What is the definition of Mean
The average value of a dataset
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How is the Mean calculated?
By summing all values and dividing by the number of values
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What does the Median represent?
The middle value when arranged in order
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Which measure of central tendency can have multiple values?
Mode
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What is the primary purpose of measures of central tendency?
Organizing, summarizing, and visualizing data
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"Find the mean score of 10 students in a midterm exam in a class if their scores are: 25 27 30 23 16 27 29 14 20 28"
23.9
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What is the formula for the mean of population data?
Summation of x * f divided by N | u = SUM(x * f) / N
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How is the mean for sample data calculated?
Summation of x * f divided by small n | u = SUM(x * f) / n
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What is the midrange of the data set 11, 13, 4, 30, 9, 15?
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