List Four Fundamental Characteristics of a Data Warehouse

question 39

Essay

List four fundamental characteristics of a data warehouse.

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Definitions:

Skewed

A description of data that are not symmetrically distributed, often showing a longer tail on one side of the distribution's peak.

Negatively Skewed

A distribution where the tail is longer on the left side of the distribution, indicating that the majority of data points are located on the right.

Positively Skewed

A type of distribution in which the right tail (higher values) is longer than the left tail, indicating that a majority of the data points are clustered to the left of the mean.

Symmetric

A characteristic of distributions or shapes where they are mirror images on either side of a central point or axis.