What Is a Major Characteristic of Data Mining

question 56

Multiple Choice

What is a major characteristic of data mining?

• A) Data mining tools are readily combined with spreadsheets and other software development tools.
• B) Because of the large amounts of data and massive search efforts, it is sometimes necessary to use serial processing for data mining.
• C) Data are often buried within numerous small databases, which sometimes contain data from several years.
• D) The miner needs sophisticated programming skill.

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