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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

A DSS supports the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization in making better decisions by assessing the significance of uncertainties and the tradeoffs involved in making one decision over another. Decision support systems vs. business intelligence DSS and business intelligence (BI) are often conflated.

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Quantitative and Qualitative Data: A Vital Combination

Sisense

These programs and systems are great at generating basic visualizations like graphs and charts from static data. The challenge comes when the data becomes huge and fast-changing. Why is quantitative data important? What are the problems with quantitative data? Qualitative data benefits: Unlocking understanding.

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Data Science, Past & Future

Domino Data Lab

You know, case in point, if you were to talk about predictive analytics 20 years ago, the main people in the field would have laughed you out of the room. Predictive analytics, yeah, not so much.” Then in the bottom tier, you had your data management, your back office, right? Then things changed.