Big Data: Data Mining
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What is data mining?

  • The process of encrypting data for secure storage
  • The process of creating new data from existing datasets
  • The process of storing and organizing data in a database
  • The process of sifting through and analyzing vast amounts of data to extract hidden patterns and meaning (correct)
  • What are some areas where data-mining techniques are used?

  • Medicine, engineering, architecture, and agriculture
  • Physics, astronomy, chemistry, and geology
  • Mathematics, cybernetics, genetics, and marketing (correct)
  • Economics, sociology, anthropology, and linguistics
  • What was the example of a short-term payoff from data mining mentioned in the text?

  • Discovering new residential customers through extensive data analysis
  • Identifying small businesses disguising as residential customers to avoid higher phone service rates (correct)
  • Locating inconsistencies in mortgage payments for tax evasion purposes
  • Identifying high-spending residential customers for targeted marketing
  • How are massively parallel database computers utilized in handling vast databases?

    <p>They assist in sorting through and analyzing trillions of bytes of data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of data-mining techniques mentioned in the text?

    <p>To describe past trends and predict future ones</p> Signup and view all the answers

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