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BIG DATA makes some of the legal means of protecting privacy largely obsolete.
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Question 2
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As humans we desire to see the world through causal links we want to believe that
everything has a cause.
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As humans we desire to see the world through causal links we want
to believe that everything has a cause.

Question 3
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BIG DATA guards against more surveillance in our lives

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Question 4
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BIG DATA erodes privacy and threatens freedom

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Question 5
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GFS stands for Google File System

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Question 6
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Datafied information can be anlayized and will shed light on social dynamics from the

indicvidual to society at large.

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Question 7
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Big Data is a change in the mindset about how data could be used

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Question 8
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Correlations are useful in a small-data, but in the context of BIG DATA they do not
actual play a role.
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Correlations are useful in a small-data, but in the context of BIG
DATA they shine.

 Question 9
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Using Multiple schema-less data is associated with Hadoop and MapReduce

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Question 10
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As humans we desire to see the world through correlation we want to believe that
everything correlated to something else.
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As humans we desire to see the world through causal links we want
to believe that everything has a cause.

Question 11
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One of the videos suggested that a new "C" suite position should be created. He call it
the CPO that would stand for the Chief Prediction Officer
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He suggested the CAO Chief Analytics Officer

Question 12
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One definition of Big Data stated information that can be processed or

analyzed using traditional processes or tools

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Question 13
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Big Data, with its emphasis on comprehensive datasets and messiness, helps us get
closer to reality than did our dependence on small data and accuracy.
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Question 14
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Columns Rows and Fields are terms associated with structured data

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Question 15
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At its core, big data is about predictions

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Question 16
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In the era of Big Data, society will need to abandon its time-honored
preference for causality, and in many instances tap the benefits of
correlation.

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Question 17
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Achieving the randomness is not a factor in sampling

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BIG DATA was born out of the Silicon revolution

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Question 19
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We are transitioning from a hypothesis-driven world to a data-driven world

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Question 20
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The text stated that "all data" means even the rawest, most seemingly mundane bits of
information.
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Question 21
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One of the videos indicated that Facebook users datafy their thoughts and opinions
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Question 22
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Unlike manufacturing, that has been lost to developing countries; industrialized nations
will retain the advantage of holding the data. Data collection and analytics is finally a
sustainable industry.
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Question 23
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Data's true value is like an iceberg floating in the ocean. Only a tiny part of it is visible

at first glance.
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Question 24
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Connecting data inside and outside of the organization can provide huge bennefits.
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Question 25
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One video indicated that the world's ability to use data has outstripped most
organizations ability to produce it
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In BIG DATA's early stages, the ideas and skills seem to hold the greatest worth.
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Question 27
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One video indicated that business and data are one

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Question 28
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The idea of Datafication is the backbone of many social services companies

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The idea of Datafication is the backbone of many social media
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METADATA is information about information

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Question 30
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Sometimes the value of data comes not from individual data points but from what they
revealin the aggregate
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Question 31
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BIGDATA is information about information

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METADATA

Question 32
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An Exabyte is a million gigabytes

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Question 33
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It was stated that companies must choose between "Big Data" technology or Data
warehouse architecture because data is either clean or messy.
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Question 34
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Messiness is easy to accept by conventional sampling analysts because they are used to
randomness.
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Question 35

2 out of 2 points

It was stated that the amount of stored information grows four times faster
than the world economy

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Question 36
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One of the videos stated that TWITTER datafies our stray thoughts
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Question 37
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The text indicates three major shifts in mind sets that are interlinked. Which of the
following is not correct

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Willingness to clean data before it is used

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Willingness to clean data before it is used

The ability to analyze vast amounts of data rather than to be forced to

settle for smaller sets.

Willingness to embrace datas real world messiness rather than

privilege exactitude.

A growing respect for correlations rather than a continuing quest for

elusive causality.

Question 38
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When we talk about Big Data we are thinking in terms of N=all more than
the absolute size of the data set.

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Question 39
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Sometimes the dormant value can only be unleashed by combining one dataset with
another
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With "Big Data" the sum is less valuable than its parts.
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Question 41
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With BIG DATA the value of information resides solely in its primary purpose.
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Question 42
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Hadoop and MapReduce are basically the same thing just offered by a different
company
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Question 43
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Smartphones and inexpensive computing technology, enable the datafication of most

essential acts of living.
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Question 44
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When using Big Data it was stated that what we lose in accuracy at the
macro level we gain in insight at the micro level.

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When using Big Data it was stated that what we lose in
accuracy at the micro level we gain in insight at the macro
level.

Question 45
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Orwellian, which describes official deception, secret surveillance, and

manipulation of the past by a totalitarian or authoritarian state.[
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PowerPoint

Question 46
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Sometimes the value of data comes from they reveal in the aggregate
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Question 47
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It was stated that it is better to ask someone about their behavior that just observing it.
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The speaker said "Why ask ask someone about their behavior when
I can actually observe it."

Question 48
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In the context of "Big Data" exactitude means understanding precisely what data will be
stored.

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Question 49
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A "Data intermidiary" is like a middleman in other industries

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Question 50
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Some "Data Intermediaries"will collect data from multiple sources, agregate it, and do
imaganative things with it.
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