DBA 806 Written Assignment 1 Answer each of the following questions based on the linked articles

DBA 806 Written Assignment 1

Answer each of the following questions based on the linked articles.

1. Go to Analytics magazine: digital editions and click on the January/February 2012 issue. Read the article Predictive Analytics: Saving Lives and Lowering Medical Bills, and answer the questions below (Adapted from Chapter 1, Exercises #5).
   1. What problem is being addressed by applying predictive analytics?
   2. What is the FICO Medication Adherence Score?
   3. How is a prediction model trained to predict the FICO Medication Adherence Score? Did the prediction model classify the FICO Medication Adherence Score?
   4. Zoom in on Figure 4, and explain what kind of technique is applied on the generated results.
   5. Analyze some of the actionable decisions that were based on the prediction results.

2. Go to Analytics magazine: digital editions and click on the January/February 2013 issue. Read the article Big Data, Analytics, and Elections, and answer the questions below (Adapted from Chapter 1, Exercises #6).
   1. What kinds of big data were analyzed in the article? Critique some of the sources of big data.
   2. Explain the term integrated system. What is the other technical term that suits an integrated system?
   3. What kinds of data analysis techniques are employed in the project? Critique some initiatives that resulted from data analysis.
   4. What are the different prediction problems answered by the models?
   5. Critique some of the actionable decisions taken that were based on the prediction results.
   6. Identify two applications of big data analytics that are not listed in the article.