1. What is meant by big data? What is meant by the data deluge?'

2. What is data mining? Please find two definitions from online sources and consolidate the definition into your own words.

3. Please list three problems that data mining could solve.

4. What kind of companies use data mining?

5. Why is data mining important to organizations?

6. What are some potential barriers or problems in data mining?

7. Typically, there are three types of business analytics (listed below). Please define these three types in your own words.

Descriptive analytics:

Predictive analytics:

Prescriptive analytics:

8. Define data visualization.

9. How can data mining help to curb the data deluge?