Data Miners Look for Revealing Relations Among the Variables Contained

question 16

True/False

Data miners look for revealing relations among the variables contained in the a database.

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Definitions:

White-Collar Crimes

Non-violent crimes committed by individuals or corporations in the course of their professional lives, often involving financial fraud or corruption.

Lower Classes

A socio-economic group characterized by low income, limited access to education and opportunities, often facing greater societal challenges.

Disproportionately

In a way that is out of proportion or not in an equal or fair ratio relative to another quantity or measure.

Conflict Theory

Generally focuses on large, macro-level structures, such as the relations between classes. It shows how major patterns of inequality in society produce social stability in some circumstances and social change in others. It stresses how members of privileged groups try to maintain their advantages while subordinate groups struggle to increase theirs. It typically leads to the suggestion that eliminating privilege will lower the level of conflict and increase the sum total of human welfare.