The most important aspect of this class to me was gaining real hands-on experience with different types of databases and systems used to store, retrieve, and analyze data. Getting a basic understanding of how […]

#1. A business situation that could use clustering could be when a retail company sends emails to their customers. They could group their customers based on various factors like age, location, how often they buy, […]

1. A business question that could be answered using decision trees is if a company pays for an employees commuting expenses, whether they will pay them for their gas mileage or pay them for taking public […]

#2 Data is often originally presented in different ways and must be reconciled. One example that always bothers me is with phone numbers. A few sites have little segmented boxes for inputting phones numbers, but […]

1. When creating a data mart I would first talk to the lower level associates and employees more directly involved in the sales process to gather an understaning of how the business works. I would ask them n which […]

1. An example of this would be when you go to a store and they use your information to look up past purchases in situations where you are doing a return and don’t have your card or receipt. In my job at the Gap […]

1. While sharing information with Trump Resorts could result in financial success for MGM, it seems like too great a risk for them to go through with the offer. The data they acquire could prove to be irrelevant […]

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Using the wrong cardinality can be extremely detrimental to a company because it can create many types of problems, one of these being inventory problems. I work part time at the Gap, and if the inventory we […]