$7-1.$ How do you define business intelligence?

$7-2.$ What are the three levels of decision making that business intelligence supports?

$7-3.$ What are the most important sources of business intelligence inside the organization? What makes them useful?

$7-4.$ What are some examples of external sources of business intelligence?

$7-5.$ How can managers use data mining techniques to analyze patterns, trends, and relationships? How does this lead to better data$-$driven decision making?

$7-6.$ What is text mining?

$7-7.$ What are examples of statistical techniques that managers can use to simulate business situations, optimize variables, and forecast sales or other figures?

$7-8.$ What are examples of applications that draw on artificial intelligence for decision support?

$7-9.$ How are web analytics used to assess the effectiveness of websites?

$7-10.$ How do dashboards, portals, and mashups support decision making?

$7-11.$ How does the human element affect decision making?