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WGU C207 OA Questions and Answers 100% Pass

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WGU C207 OA Questions and Answers 100% Pass Simple indexing ✔✔Common analytic measure to improve performance. Compares current data with data during a base period. (Price / Price during "Base ... Period") x 100 i.e. Big Mac was 1.60 in 1968 which is base period. what is index for 2014 if price was 4.80 then? (4.80 / 1.60) * 100 = 300 (means price is 3x greater than base period) Used to identify price fluctuations of supplies, materials, products, etc. Weighted Index ✔✔assign a weight to allow for significant differences in the index. Reasons for including analytics in decision-making ✔✔decrease cost of data storage increase processing power Descriptive Analytics ✔✔using current and past data for strictly descriptive purposes. i.e. car price data shows a 2% increase over the prior year a manager wants to know why sales spiked during the prior quarter Predictive / Inferential Analytics ✔✔using current and past data to predict/estimate future. i.e. based on the past 10 years of data for car prices, we predict an increase of 1.5% over the upcoming year. Prescriptive Analytics ✔✔using past data to PREDICT or ESTIMATE future in order to optimize operations includes experimental design and optimization to aid in DECISION-MAKING. MANAGERIAL DECISIONS. i.e. based on past data, sales prices for electric cars could increase by 5% if we increased charging stations by 7% Big data ✔✔Data so big that it's diffic [Show More]

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