Read the following articles, then answer the questions below:

Gartner Top 10 Trends in Data and Analytics for 2020 (Links to an external site.)

How Big Data Can Help Do Wonders in Business (Links to an external site.)

Recent Big Data Insights (Links to an external site.)

Five Ways Companies Are Using Big Data to Help Their Customers (Links to an external site.)

Five Industries Becoming Defined by Big Data and Analytics (Links to an external site.)

53 % of the Companies are Adopting Big Data Analytics (Links to an external site.)

Why Big Data is Important for Businesses? Questions:

1. In your research, explain how businesses use data analytics to improve business operations, processes, and predict consumer behaviors.

2. Explore the careers in Data Analytics. Is it a field you may be interested in pursuing? Why or why not?

3. Include a URL (not provided in the list below) that demonstrates independent research on the topic and provide a short summary of the article.

4. How can you see Big Data being misused?