Chapter 9, Problem 9.8UYK

Explanation of Solution

Mention the characteristics of Big Data:

Big data are generally large data sets, which have a data collection of huge size.

• Big data sets have the following three properties which are referred as 3V’s of Big data, they are:
  • Volume: The data sets in big data have huge volume.
  • Velocity: The data sets in big data have rapid velocity.
  • Variety: The data sets present in big data are not similar; they contain a huge variety of datasets.

Mention three student related applications at university that meet Big Data requirements:

Some of the student related applications and patterns that meet Big Data requirements at university are:

• The data that is associated with the Learning Management System (LMS) in the university such as black board can be considered meeting big data requirements as if one could explore these data then he or she can reveal insights into student usage patterns of various types...