1.According to the Module 1 reading, “The Sexiest Job in the 21st Century”, a report by the McKinsey Global Institute, by 2018, it is projected that there will be a shortage of people with deep analytical skills in the United States. What is the size of this shortage?
1 point
800,000 – 900,000 people
140,000 – 190,000 people ✓
3 – 6 million people
120,000 people
1.According to the Module 1 reading, “The Sexiest Job in the 21st Century”, a report published by the McKinsey Global Institute, it is projected that there would be a shortage of 140,000 – 190,000 people with what type of skills in the United States by 2018?
1 point
Economic skills
Deep analytical skills ✓
Social skills
Management skills
2.According to the Module 1 reading, “The Sexiest Job in the 21st Century”, which of the following jobs was called by the Harvard Business Review the sexiest job of the 21st century?
1 point
Math and Statistics.
Renewable Energy Engineering.
Coal Mining.
Engineering.
Data Science. ✓
2.According to the Module 1 reading, “The Sexiest Job in the 21st Century”, what adjective did Harvard Business Review use to describe the job of Data Science in the 21st century?
1 / 1 point
appealing
easiest
sexiest ✓
exciting
3.According to the Module 1 reading “What Makes Someone a Data Scientist”, Hal Varian, the chief economist at what company, declared that “the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians”?
1 point
Microsoft
Facebook
Google ✓
IBM
4.According to the reading Module 1 “What Makes Someone a Data Scientist”, the author defines a data scientist as someone who finds solutions to what, by analyzing data using appropriate tools and then tells stories to communicate their findings to the relevant stakeholders?
1 point
Drawbacks
Complications
Questions
Problems ✓
4.According to the Module 1 reading “What Makes Someone a Data Scientist”, the author defines a data scientist as someone who finds solutions to problems by analyzing data using appropriate tools and then tells stories to communicate their findings to whom?
1 / 1 point
The public
The company
The relevant stakeholders ✓
Their supervisor
5.According to the Module 2 reading “Data Mining”, the output of a data mining exercise largely depends on the quality of what?
1 / 1 point
The project
The material
The data ✓
The data scientist
5.According to the Module 2 reading “Data Mining”, the ______ of a data mining exercise largely depends on the quality of the data.
1 point
Input
Difficulty
Results
Output ✓
5.According to the reading, “Data Mining”, the output of a data mining exercise largely depends on:
1 point
The data scientist.
The quality of the data. ✓
The scope of the project.
The programming language used.
6.According to the Module 2 reading, “Data Mining”, when data is missing in a systematic way, you should do what?
1 point
Determine the impact of the missing data on the results and whether missing data can be excluded from the analysis ✓
Stop immediately
Extrapolate and average the data
Find out who was managing the database
6.According to the Module 2 reading, “Data Mining”, when data is missing in a systematic way, you should determine the impact of the missing data on the results and whether missing data can be excluded from what?
1 point
The analysis ✓
The data set
The study
The evaluation
6.According to the Module 2 reading, “Data Mining”, when data are missing in a systematic way, you can simply extrapolate the data or impute the missing data by filling in the average of the values around the missing data.
1 / 1 point
True.
False. ✓
7.Based on the Module 2 reading, “Regression”, the author’s research on residential real estate properties quantified what?
1 point
The likelihood of a house selling rapidly.
That people hold no basic perceptions on real estate properties.
The relationship between housing and transportation.
The magnitude of relationships between housing prices and different determinants. ✓
7.Based on the Module 2 reading, “Regression”, the real added value of the author’s research on what type of properties is quantifying the magnitude of relationships between housing prices and different determinants?
1 point
Residential real estate ✓
Foreclosed
Vacant
Commercial real estate
8.Based on the Module 2 reading, “Regression”, the author’s research revealed that adding what additional room had a bigger impact than adding a bedroom?
1 point
Washroom ✓
Playroom
Study
Theater room
9.According to the Module 3 reading, “The Final Deliverable”, the ultimate purpose of analytics is to communicate findings to stakeholders to do what?
1 point
Evangelize data science ✘
Facilitate meetings between sales and marketing
Efficiently store big data with minimum storage requirements
Formulate policy or strategy
9.According to the Module 3 reading, “The Final Deliverable”, the ultimate purpose of analytics is to communicate findings to what people to formulate policy or strategy?
1 / 1 point
Salespeople
Marketing
CEO’s
Stakeholders ✓
9.According to the Module 3 reading, “The Final Deliverable”, the ultimate purpose of _________ is to communicate findings to stakeholders to formulate policy or strategy.
1 point
Data science
Big data
Sales
Analytics ✓
10.The reading in Module 3, “The Final Deliverable”, mentions a common role of a ____________ is to use analytics insights to build a narrative to communicate findings to stakeholders.
1 / 1 point
CEO
Data scientist ✓
CFO
Engineer
10.Based on the Module 3 reading, “The Final Deliverable”, what is the role of a data scientist??
1 point
Managing a team of analysts to create a predictive model.
Using the data to put together a story that boosts financial outlooks.
Developing a strategy to fix the problems in the findings.
Using insights to build a narrative to communicate findings. ✓
11.Based on the Module 3 reading, “The Report Structure”, regardless of the length of the ___________, the author recommends that it includes a cover page, table of contents, executive summary, a methodology section, and a discussion section.
1 point
Final deliverable ✓
Spreadsheet
Presentation
Data set
11.Based on the Module 3 reading, “The Report Structure”, regardless of the length of the final deliverable, the author recommends that it includes a cover page, table of contents, executive summary, a methodology section, and a discussion section.
1 / 1 point
True. ✓
False.
12.An introductory section is always helpful in introducing the research methods and presenting the statistical calculations.
1 / 1 point
True.
False. ✓
12.Based on the Module 3 reading, “The Report Structure”, an introductory section is always helpful in setting up the problem for the reader who might be what?
1 point
Wanting to know the research methods
Looking for the statistical calculations
New to the topic ✓
In sales
12.Based on the Module 3 reading, “The Report Structure”, an introductory section is always helpful in doing what for the reader who might be new to the topic?
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