ITPEC IP October 2018 Question 94
ITPEC IP October 2018 — Question 94 of 100
Data mining discovers useful patterns, relationships, and regularities in accumulated data. Applying statistical, machine-learning, or pattern-discovery techniques to sales and weather data can reveal correlations that support forecasting, assortment, and promotion decisions.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- a data warehouse stores and integrates analytical data
- data processing broadly transforms data but does not specifically mean discovering hidden patterns
- data modeling defines data structures and relationships for a system
Key rule: A warehouse supplies historical data; data mining analyzes it to uncover previously unknown or actionable patterns.
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