1. Review the mapping Note taking method 2. Then read “society and the sacred”3. Complete The “Mapping Note-taking” method on ” concepts of the divine” * See the attached The “Mapping Note-taking” method I have provided. Use the template word document E-Lecture: Society and The SacredE-Lecture: Society and The SacredSocial practices influence religion and religion influences society. In other words, society andreligion have a dynamic relationship. Religion can strengthen traditional society but it can alsobe an agent of change and reform of society.There are several types of religious communities:1. Natural religious communities are usually characterized by kin relations and there is not alarge difference between the religious and sociocultural life of the community. Natural religionsare maintained through blood, procreation, marriage, ancestor worship and rituals tend to link thefamily for generations.Natural religions can be linked by race or nationality because the people believe they share acommon ancestry, history or tradition. Often, natural religions trace their origins to a sacredhistory.2. Voluntary Religious Communities are religious communities that have a partial break with thenatural ties. The religious unity is based upon spiritual unity but also upon sacred or spiritualpower. Marriage to another believer is usually important within these communities. Instead ofrelying upon procreation for new members, voluntary religious communities rely on conversion andproselytizing. Rituals centered upon ancestors do not play a large role within these groups.2b. Founded Religions are a type of voluntary religious community but with distinctivecharacteristics. The community is usually established through a charismatic religious leader whois a witness to a new revelation or spiritual wisdom and then acts as a powerful reformer, buildingupon existing religious foundations in order to build upon his/her new revelation.Upon the death of the founder, many founded religions fail, but some survive. If the religion is tosurvive, the oral teachings must be recorded and transmitted into an established canon. Thefellowship of believers must organize themselves, establish a constitution, lines of authority,etc.The english word “church” has a Christian origin. Not all large voluntary religions haveorganizational structures similar to Christianity. What they do have in common is that they areeach concerned with doctrine, discipline, and cult, and can be called church-type organizations.All human institutions, including church-type organizations, experience stresses and strains aspeople believe and practice differently. This leads to protest, conflict and division. Protest,reform and renewal can be on an individual or collective scale.Some reforms occur and the reformer and his/her followers stay within the larger voluntarychurch-type community. Often, a smaller group within the larger group becomes concerned with thelaxity of the larger group. They do not wish to leave the larger church (ecclesia) but insteadform a small group [or little church (ecclesiola)] to be extra pious. If this protest is toopronounced or goes on too long, eventually the smaller group will probably leave and separate.Another response by someone who may need more piety within the larger church is to join a monasticorder. Within the Roman Catholic church, monasticism helped channel those who rejected the laxityof the larger group, as well as rejected the larger world, into spiritual leaders who could channeltheir gifts for the larger group.Some reformers separate altogether from the larger church, usually because 1) they have discoveredpractices and beliefs of the original church that are being overlooked now and want to go back tothe original ways, 2) they claim a new, independent revelation that stands as a challenge to boththe church and the larger society and culture. The new teachings (whether old and recovered, or anew revelation) become the new standard of the community. Often, once new teachings or revelationsare established, new teachings and revelations are forbidden.Once the reformer has gained a following, they encourage those who also believe him/her to leavethe larger community and establish and independent, separatist sect, or church.Scholars use the word “sect” to distinguish certain voluntary religious communities from others.Max Weber first noted the difference between church and sect. Since then, sociologists of religionhave worked on developing a typology of religious groups.Sects differ from churches and denominations in these ways: they tend to be exclusive• they claim to have a monopoly on religious truth• they tend to be lay-organizations that reject religious divisions of labor• rely heavily on voluntarism• demand total allegiance and membership in the sect is often the individual’s most importantmeans of personal identification.• exercises sanctions against the wayward, including expulsion• is a protest group, protesting against the larger church (that they left) but also againstthe wider culture.Some scholars have claimed that within one generation, sects turn into denominations. They citethe lack of zeal that second generation members have, the upward mobility of first generationmembers and believe that eventually sects turn into denominations.However, scholars such as Bryan Wilson, have critiqued this typology and stated that it is basedstrictly on American types of development. He points out that sometimes, sects remain sects, butdivides sects into four categories:1. conversionist sect- believe that an emotional conversion experience is needed in order totranscend the evil of the contemporary world. This is typical of fundamentalist and pentecostalgroups within Protestant Christianity, especially in America.2. revolutionist sect- believe that salvation will come soon but only with the destruction of thepresent social order. These operate mainly in less developed countries, according to Wilson.3. gnostic or manipulationist sect- sometimes called a cult, these sects fully accept what otherssee as worldly goals- health, money, success, status. New Age movements are an example of this, asis Scientology.4. utopian sect- believe that human reconstruction of the world is needed according to a divineplan. The Oneida Community in the 19th century is an example of this.The last type of religious communities is the cult, or more often called new religious movement(NRM).NRM do not conform to dominant characteristics of traditional sects, they are loose knit and amixture of beliefs and practices. They appear estranged or indifferent to older religioustraditions and many do not resemble the pattern of sectarian separation from an older church.NRM are characterized by private religious worship that is unconcerned with social issues andpublic affairs, the psychology driven culture we live in now, and an obsession for genuinecommunity.Many NRM offer therapies for believers and teach mind control, taking responsibility for one’s ownactions and promise their followers community and kinship.Be sure to read about the types of NRM in detail for the

Project AssignmentFor
this week we will log into the Changepoint PPM tool (formally called
Daptiv), familiarize ourselves with navigating within the tool, and
begin building out a project. We will take the fictious (or real)
project that you identified during our prior discussion (where you
developed a first draft WBS). Continue to build upon that project for
this assignment and subsequent project assignments. Be sure that your
project is thorough and includes project team members (expand the
project further if you need so that way you gain all the benefit of
understanding these concepts).Watch the video in the Weeks folder on how to navigate the Changepoint PPM tool.Log into Daptiv: https://login.daptiv.com/Create a workspace (project) for your project.Add team members to your projectAdd your project tasks into the toolAdd
durations for how long each work package will take (ignore the
start/finish dates for now) and assign all work packages to team members
(note you do not need to assign deliverables to team members)Watch the video within the Weeks folder on how to add in durations.Steps for adding duration and team members:Add
in Predecessors to the project; this will help show the sequence of how
work packages relate to each other (for example, task B comes after and
cannot be started until I finish task A; thus, task A is task B’s
predecessor).Set beginning date of the first non-summary task to current dateAdd in predecessors to non-summary tasks (work packages) to begin sequencing your tasks i. Steps for adding in predecessors:Set at least two tasks to be in parallelNote this is done by having at least two tasks with the same predecessorImplementation)
iii. Populate a project scope statement within the description field
(at least two sentences) iv. Put the planned start to today’s date and
populate the planned finish based on how long you estimated your project
might take.v. Populate your estimated budget. vi. Set the phase to Initiationvii.Click ‘Custom Fields’ tab on the topx. Click Finish. Your project will now be created and visible.v.Disregard the planned start and finishvi.If
this is a deliverable choose that field as applicable in the bottom
right (note I forgot to mention this in the video – if you don’t select
it you won’t be penalized).vii.Click Saveviii.Continue following that process to add in your 5+ deliverables ix. To add in work packages, click the ‘+Add’x.Enter the title of the work package and click save.xi.Next, drag the work package by clicking and holding down on the # column, so it falls under neat the correct deliverable.xii.Next,
click the indent button on the top to indent the work package under the
task xiii. Continue the process to add in at least 2-3 work packages
per deliverable.i.Click on the work package that you want to updateiii.Change
the duration field to the proper duration of the task. Note if your
task is less than a day, leave duration as 1, but populate in hours the
time the task will take in the planned work field. Daptiv will use
planned work if populated; if not it uses Duration to determine overall
project length and resource needs.iv.Next click under Assignees and choose ‘Add Assignee’ – this assigns the task to a team member to complete.Add in at least four (4) Project Risks and mitigation information.Go
back to your tasks, add another deliverable to your project called
“Risk Planning” and include two work packages: “Schedule Risk Planning
Session” (1 hr) and “Complete Risk PlanningAdd in Budget and Expenses to your project.Create MilestonesCreate a minimum of two milestones within your project.Steps:Modify the lengths of a couple of tasksDo this by changing the duration of at least two of your tasks.Flag the first two tasks as DoneDo this by either:Flag the third task as 50% completeDo this by either:Next, we’ll complete a project status update – which typically is performed weekly by ProjectSteps for creating the status report:a. Steps for adding a riskd. Click Save and add in an additional three risks (for a total of four)b.
Notice when looking at the data the system automatically populates a
risk magnitude score (likelihood x consequence) and an exposure score
(likelihood x $ impact)Session” (2 hrs)a. Steps for adding in expensesb. Note we won’t add in the ‘actual expense’ information until the expenses occur in the future(or)Managers8.Risk – how concerned are we in relation to the identified risks?As
a project goes through the execution phase, project control is critical
to ensure that a project stays within the constraints of time, cost,
and scope. A project manager will use different monitoring techniques to
help keep the project within these constraints. If a project incurs
changes, becomes delayed, or costs become higher, a project manager will
execute change control to document and determine how to handle the
change.Once
a project is completed, the project team should complete a final
project report, which is the administrative record of the completed
project, which identifies all its functional and technical components as
well as other important project history. It includes all the strengths
and weaknesses of the project as it progressed and offers a final
assessment of what went right (or wrong) throughout the life of the
project. It is essentially a “lessons learned” document of the project.Log back into the Changepoint PPM (Daptiv) tool.Go to Issues on the left Menu, and create two issuesIn the Issues screen click ‘Add’Assign a topic (short summary – 4-5 words of the issue)Add a description (more lengthy information about the issue)Set the issue as 20% completeFeel free to adjust the start date and deadline if you wish.Add an assignee to the issue by browsing the member directory and choosing yourself.If
not already existing, add a deliverable related to Project Close in
your project with a work packages titled “Perform Lessons Learned
Workshop” and “Complete Project Close Report.”Flag all tasks as completeComplete
this by either selecting each task and setting the status as Done, or
you may use your shift key and select all tasks (first task -> hold
shift key -> last task). Then right click on Status and choose ‘Mark
as Complete’Close all risksComplete this by going to your Risk list, and updating the status for each to ‘Risk Resolved’Add in at least four (4) lessons learnedYou
will be creative with this assignment and make up some lessons learned
that you believe you may have learned from completing the project.Steps:Go to ‘Lessons Learned’ on the left menuClick ‘Add’ on the topComplete the fields: Lesson Type, Topic, Lesson, and Impact.Repeat to add in at least three different lessons learned.Update project status to completeUsing the ‘Status’ button in the top right.Update the ‘State” field to ‘Completed’Update the ‘Phase’ field to ‘Close Out’Within
the Update Notes add in 2-3 sentences on what you learned this week.
Also add in 1-2 sentences about your experience with Daptiv.8. Runs/save a project report and submit to the instructor for grading

General Directions: ·In preparing your answers, you can use you your texts or class notes. You are not allowed to confer with other students, with other individuals, or with faculty. ·You must use APA 7th edition formatting for all citations and references. Failure to appropriately cite information in responses may be considered academic dishonesty. ·For all questions, cite relevant legal and ethical codes/issues/case law and address issues of diversity where relevant. ——————————————————————————————————————————Area 1: School Psychology Practice (Assessment and Diagnosis). Select one question.1.Consider the following case study and answer the questions below:Maria is a 7-year-old Mexican American female student who is new to your district. Her family moved to the United States when she was four years old, and her parents speak Spanish exclusively in the home. She was previously evaluated with a WISC-V and WIAT-III and was found to have very low IQ (40-50 range) and was labeled as having an intellectual disability. Her parents would like her reevaluated.You are a pre-referral intervention team member and agree that Maria should be reevaluated. You will be conducting a psychological evaluation to determine the most appropriate disability category for Maria has an educational disability. Assume you have the full cooperation of Ruben’s teachers and parents and that he attends school regularly. ·Based on the case information provided, what data or types of interventions would you look for before recommending the evaluation?·Discuss all educational disabilities (as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) that you would attempt to rule out as part of your evaluation. Explain why you suspect each disorder.·Describe the psychometric tests and other evaluation methods you would use when performing Maria’s evaluation. Evaluate each test and method with regards to the following:oDiagnostic utility. Discuss evidence that each test or method differentiates students with the disabilities you suspect for Maria from typically developing students.oAppropriateness of each test or method for Maria given his ethnic/cultural/linguistic background. Be sure to discuss the evidence you are using as a basis for your determination.·Describe how you would ensure that disability determination is based on the most accurate information possible.2.Attention problems (e.g., distractibility, difficulty concentrating) and behavioral problems (e.g., noncompliance, tantrums) are among the most commonly reported symptoms of children with psychiatric disorders.·Discuss the presence of overlapping symptoms and comorbidity of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder. ·Describe how you would approach the evaluation of an 8-year-old male presenting with attention and behavioral problems to maximize your diagnostic accuracy and the likelihood of successful treatment. In your response, include the types of information, sources, and instruments you would utilize.·Discuss how you would integrate the DSM-5 into your differential diagnosisArea 2: School Psychology Practice (Intervention and Consultation). Select one question.1.Consider the following case study and answer the questions below:Yadira is an 11-year-old Salvadorian female who left her native country to escape political and gang violence; her parents are still living in El Salvador. Yadira entered the United States as an unaccompanied refugee three months ago and is currently living with her maternal aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gomez, in Maryland. They have enrolled Yadira in the neighborhood middle school. Mr. and Mrs. Gomez requested a meeting with the school’s principal, Ms. Smith, to plan for Yadira’s transition to the school. They shared that Yadira has not attended in school in over a year and that they were unable to retrieve any of Yadira’s school records. You are the school psychologist in the school and Ms. Smith asked you to work with Yadira’s teachers to develop a plan to address Yadira’s academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs. Describe how you would proceed with developing such a plan. Assume you have the full cooperation of Yadira’s caregivers.·Describe the factors, if any, predispose her to become more vulnerable to academic, psychiatric, behavioral, or social problems.·Based on the case information provided, what assessment data would you collect to prepare an appropriate educational plan?·Provide recommendations for her family, teachers, and other school personnel.2.Consider the following case study and answer the questions below:Ms. Doolittle has come to you discuss a special education referral for her student, Patrick. Patrick is an African American male in the fourth grade; he has been enrolled in this particular school since Kindergarten. Ms. Doolittle reports ongoing noncompliance and disruptive behaviors in the classroom. Per teacher report, Patrick refuses to follow directions, blurts out answers instead of raising his hand, and frequently talks to his peers during independent work time. Prior to this referral, Patrick has no history of academic or behavioral problems. Ms. Doolittle prides herself as running a “tight ship” in her classroom and she can no longer tolerate Patrick’s disrespectful behavior. She believes that he would be better served in a self-contained classroom for other students like him with these types of behavior problems. Ms. Doolittle has been a teacher at the school for 15 years. She has a history of above average number of referrals from her class.In addressing the referral question, describe how you would assess whether cultural variables are involved and how you would address these issues in your consultation. Describe the steps of implementing consultation for the case. Be sure to articulate the consultation model being followed (i.e., mental health or behavioral). Describe the questions, tasks, and strategies for each step, and explain the rationale for the decisions made based on the model. Area 3: Cognition, Human Learning, and Development. Select one question.1.Jessica is a 3-year-old girl whose parents are requesting an evaluation. Her parents are concerned that she has a short attention span and cannot complete chores without supervision. Jessica was also recently potty-trained, but she is still having accidents at night. Considering a developmental approach, how would you interpret Jessica’s issues and what would you say to her parents?2.What is developmental psychopathology? In your response, discuss the major underlying assumptions, focal points, and the extent to which culture affects our definition of psychopathology and attempts at assessment and diagnosis and describe three valid and useful methods of assessing psychopathology in children. In your opinion, do school psychologists need psychopathology classification systems to properly perform their jobs? Provide examples and citations as relevant to defend your opinion.

Your technical description described the problem that you will be researching.  Now that you understand the problem and its effects, you are ready to begin the next section of your report.  You will be researching solutions and making recommendations.  Your solutions need to be supported by research.  Look at what has been tried in the past and evaluate how well it worked.  The number of solutions you propose is up to you.  You might want to propose three solutions and then make a recommendation based on which solutions you think would work best. 
Recommendation reports usually begin with a description of the problem.  You have already completed this section when you wrote the technical description paper defining your problem. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CMx05Zb0wS22E0…
This report is going to focus on the solutions to the problem you presented in the technical description.  The recommendation report answers the question, “What is the best option?”
Your job is to do more than provide your client with a recommendation.  You need to provide data to support your conclusions.  The reader will check your research, your logic, and your conclusions before accepting your recommendation.  This means that you must provide research to support your recommendations. You will set up your recommendation report as follows:
Introduction
Your purpose statement should indicate that the document is a recommendation report.  You should provide an overview of the main points to be presented in the paper. 
Solutions
You need to decide which possible solutions you are going to present.  You should present more than one solution.  You might want to discuss solutions that have been tried in the past but have not been successful.
When you present the possible solutions, make sure you are very clear and have research to show that this solution is a viable and logical solution that has been tried in the past.  If the solution was successful, give data showing that it was a good choice. Clearly describe the solution as well as its advantages and disadvantages.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest of the five offshore plastic accumulation zones in the world’s oceans. It is located halfway between Hawaii and California. To learn more about this environmental problem by clicking on the link below:
https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/videos/trash-talk-what-great-pacific-garbage-patch-0
Introduction:
Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the marine debris collection in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is trash collected in the oceans, seas, and other large water bodies. It spun the water from the West of North America to Japan. The patch is located between the United States of Hawaii and California. These areas of debris are looked at together by North Pacific Zone. Gyre bounds the whole patch, and its center is stable and calm. The circular motion of the gyre is responsible for drawing the debris into the stable center. For example, the plastic water bottle discarded off the coast and continues to travel through different regions and finally reaches the patch. The debris is not biodegradable, due to which it assembles and does not wash away. Some of the plastic breaks down into smaller pieces, due to which the debris increases in quantity. So. The statement problem is to discuss the environmental issues due to the debris accumulated. It has been seen that the issue is continuously increasing, and the debris is not getting washed away. There should be a solution to the problem, and strategies should be made to resolve the issue (Armstrong).
History of issue
The growing problem of plastic debris started in the late 1980s, and it has been seen that the problem did not decrease, but it continued to increase. The great pacific ocean patch problem came into the limelight after 1997, and it has become important afterward. The public issue in 2006 when the series about the garbage patch was written in New York Times and the government authorities were told of the issue. Marine life came at risk, and it has killed millions of fish till now. After the problem becomes severe, the experts and scientists have written considerable literature about the issue to convince the international authorities to look into it and to devise strategies against it. It is necessary to save marine life and different types of fish (MarinePollution).
Causes of issue
The foremost cause of the issue is the gyre located in North Pacific, and its center is stable and comforting, but it draws the bottles and other plastics to the center. The plastic gets accumulated and causes severe problems. It has been seen that many different causes need the attention of the authorities, and they need to be resolved as early as possible. For example, the plastic bottles and the other debris do not come to oceans by themselves, but people throw them. Humans are known as the most significant cause of the problem, and it has been seen that environmental and ocean pollution has been increased a lot due to the issue (L. Lebreton).
Effects of issue
The consequences of issues are drastic and adverse. They need to be resolved as early as possible, but it does not seem to be resolving in the coming years. the reason is its ancient history because it has been in the public light since the 19th century, but no solution has yet been presented. The issue has been discussed a lot, but there is a need to make several strategies. The international authorities should pay attention to the issue, and there should be a solid solution. The adverse effect is on the marine life where millions of fish have been killed because of the plastic sluts and other injuries. Marine life is at risk, and fragile creatures cannot survive because of the accumulation of debris. The environmental pollution has been increased, and the ocean water is getting dirty. The ocean water must be clean, and there should be actions to make it safe for use. It has further been seen that the issue has created the lives of the marine complex, which is sensitive to pollution. So, these effects are not to be ignored, and they should be solved (Sochell).
Conclusion:
The problem of the pacific patch is not new, but it has been started since the 1980s, but yet no solution has been presented. The gyre of the North Pacific has been the cause of the problem, so it should be cleaned. There should be a restriction on throwing plastic in the oceans, and it should be taken into consideration to clean the accumulated plastic debris.
Works Cited
Armstrong, Hannah. Marine Pollution: A Look into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 5 1 2015. .
L. Lebreton, B. Slat, F. Ferrari, B. Sainte-Rose, J. Aitken, R. Marthouse, S. Hajbane, S. Cunsolo, A. Schwarz, A. Levivier, K. Noble, P. Debeljak, H. Maral, R. Schoeneich-Argent, R. Brambini & J. Reisser. “Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic.” Scientific Reports volume (2018).
MarinePollution. How can we destroy the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? 23 11 2018. .Sochell, Mary. Garbage Island: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 11 6 2019. . 

Learning Engagement # 2 
What is “big data”?  What are the most important drivers of big data? What could happen if companies focus solely on the quantitative (i.e., “numbers”) aspects of big data?  Explain.
PROFESSOR’S GUIDANCE FOR THIS WEEK’S LE:
Big Data is no longer just a buzzword; it is a proven phenomenon and not likely to die away soon. A recent IDC report predicts that the digital universe will be 44 times bigger in 2020 than it was in 2009, totaling a staggering 35 zettabytes.
Two factors have combined to make Big Data especially appealing
now. One is that so many potentially valuable data resources have come into existence. These sources include the telemetry generated by today’s smart devices, the digital footprints left by people who are increasingly living their lives online, and the rich sources of information commercially available from specialized data vendors. Add to this the tremendous wealth of data — structured and unstructured, historical and real-time — that have come to reside in diverse systems across the enterprise, and it is clear that Big Data offers hugely appealing opportunities to those who can unlock its secrets.
The other factor contributing to Big Data’s appeal is the emergence of powerful technologies for effectively exploiting it. IT organizations can now take advantage of tools such as Hadoop, NoSQL, and Gephi to rationalize, analyze and visualize Big Data in ways that enable them to quickly separate the actionable insight from the massive chaff of raw input. As an added bonus, many of these tools are available free under open source licensing. This promises to help keep the cost of Big Data implementation under control.
Post 1
salem
what is big data?
big data from recent releases that have emerged as a result of the recent trends in large
flow process knows the important data at the moment as it is working to produce
huge amount of digital data and data from social media and various puzzles and
tools in which we work or record or store it as many financial managers and providing
high-quality data services, modern organizations are trying to keep and store decision
(power,2016)
big data
big data has been defined as a large variety of big data that has a great deal of diversity and speed generating the need to develop large-scale and fast-moving cell and big data to help make decisions in the possible valuable extraction and knowledge of a wide range of institutions
(Elgendy,n.and elragal,A,2014)
-the most important drivers of big data engines
1- leadership: the organization must have the ability and capabilities to manage and use data properly
2- technical: where there must be multiple devices amount of data and speed of
completion and of the most famous programs dealing with big data
3- people with high skills have the ability to handle huge amounts of big data and
present it in a scientific and documented way to decision making
( mc Afee and Brynjolfson,2012)
what are the important drivers of big data?
-for quality and credibility: so that high-quality information and data can be used and
utilized in serving the organization making the right decision the company in improving its work
– fast-growing: so that it is greatly inflated as a result of active interaction with the
situations by individuals customers and beneficiaries must be quickly responded
to in the service the organization and achieve its goals
-data variable value: meaning that the same information and data can change several things and benefit them in multiple things
(AL Shehhi,2017)
-there are catalysts and drivers of large information depends on its continuity and
development
-building information strategies on analysis platforms
-ensure the quality and suitability of data with digital analysis systems
– development of work quality measurement mechanisms
-review and evaluate data collection systems and make recommendations for
their development in alife that suits the data and is it engine
(provost&fawcett,2013)
-what could happen if companies focus quantitative data and aspects of big data
-the heavy reliance on quantitative data only big data conflicts with real numbers are misleading and not heavily relied upon large amount data only unregulated and incorrect data spending a lot of money and inaccurate results
-https://www. wireless-world.com terminology advantages and disadvantages of big data
references
-power,d,j (2016) data science supporting decision-making
journal of decision system
-Elgendy, big data analytics in support of decision-making process,2014
-Al Shehhi, Hafez (2017) online course: introduction of big data science 11/11/2017
-mc Afee, A, Bryn Jolfsson & davenport, T, H (2012) big data the management revolution
Harvard business review
-provost,f, Fawcett, T (2013) data science and relationship to big-data-driven decision making big data
– https://www.wireless-world.com terminology advantages and disadvantages of big data 

Post 2
On the topic of Big Data, Oracle (n.d) had previously stated that, “The definition of big data is data that contains greater variety, arriving in increasing volumes and with more velocity. This is also known as the three Vs. Put simply, big data is larger, more complex data sets, especially from new data sources. These data sets are so voluminous that traditional data processing software just can’t manage them. But these massive volumes of data can be used to address business problems you wouldn’t have been able to tackle before”.
I personally am not surprised by the fact that experts have calculated and predict that the digital world is just going to become more and more popular amongst many companies and the general public. We can see it in our daily lives how important technology has become to us, more and more of our life revolves around technology and it is only possible that eventually life is going to revolve strictly around technology.
Smith T. (2018) had previously stated, “The most important element is getting the data from the application to a place to process it. This drove the adoption of the data lake but that didn’t solve the entire problem. Customers have many different data sources – it’s hard to maintain master data references and you end up with a lot of duplication. The master data management (MDM) problem is a context that you can apply to the rest of the data. It’s the building block to AI/ML with big data. Bridge the gaps of sifting through data to make scientists and analysts more effective”.
I personally believe that if companies solely put their concentration and focus on quantitative data then the companies will have a more accurate idea of the all that is going on in their company from marketing to sales to income and expenses but the only problem is that this practice can be very hard if you do not have someone who has an extensive statistical background.
References

T. Smith (2018, November 15). Big Data Success Drivers – dzone big data.
https://dzone.com/articles/big-data-success-drivers
Oracle (n.d) What is big data?
https://www.oracle.com/big-data/what-is-big-data/.