_______________ analytics are techniques that use models, ...

[formula1]

_______________ analytics are techniques that use models, constructed from past data, to predict the future or to ascertain the impact of one variable on another.
 a. Predictive
 
  b. Descriptive
  c. Simulation
  d. Prescriptive

Question 2

__________ is an open-source programming environment that supports big data processing through distributed storage and distributed processing on clusters of computers.
 a. Hadoop
  b. Excel
  c. Java
  d. MapReduce

[yasmina]

Answer to Question 1

a
RATIONALE: Predictive analytics are techniques that use models, constructed from past data, to predict the future or to ascertain the impact of one variable on another.

Answer to Question 2

a
RATIONALE: Hadoop is an open-source programming environment that supports big data processing through distributed storage and distributed processing on clusters of computers.

[formula1]

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[mohan]

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