The Term Big Data Refers to the ________

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Multiple Choice

The term Big Data refers to the ________.

• A) use of data warehouses to store structured and unstructured data
• B) exponential growth of structured and unstructured data that are difficult to process using traditional database techniques
• C) increasing number of everyday objects that are connected to the Internet and can communicate information about their use
• D) extraction and analysis of large amounts of data from websites
• E) collection and analysis of unstructured data by data scientists

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Definitions:

Variation

The occurrence of differences or deviations within a population, which can be genetic, phenotypic, or behavioral, among individuals or groups.

Median

A statistical measure that represents the middle value in a dataset, where half the numbers are above and half are below.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution. It aims to provide an accurate description of the entire dataset.

Mean

In statistics, the average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them all up and dividing by the count of those numbers.