$7-1.$ 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 busi$-$

ness 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 man$-$

agers can use to simulate business situations, opti$-$

mize 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?