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Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to external pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities.

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Volume, velocity, and variety of data characterize the Big Data paradigm.

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Pushing programming out to distributed data is achieved solely by using the Hadoop Distributed File System or HDFS.

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The use of statistics in baseball by the Oakland Athletics, as described in the Moneyball case study, is an example of the effectiveness of prescriptive analytics.

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The use of dashboards and data visualizations is seldom effective in finding efficiencies in organizations, as demonstrated by the Seattle Children's Hospital Case Study.

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Actionable intelligence is the primary goal of modern-day Business Intelligence (BI) systems vs. historical reporting that characterized Management Information Systems (MIS).

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One of the four components of BI systems, business performance management, is a collection of source data in the data warehouse.

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. The access to data and ability to manipulate data (frequently including real-time data) are key elements of business intelligence (BI) systems.

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The term decision support system is a very specific term that implies the same tool, system, and development approach to most developers.

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. In the Gorry and Scott-Morton framework of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured decisions, computerized decision support can bring benefits to unstructured decisions.

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