With respect to the definition of data warehouse, ____ means that data in a data warehouse represents snapshots of data at various points in time in the past

a. nonvolatile
b. time-variant
c. subject-oriented
d. integrated


a

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A retirement home in Florida costs $200,000 today. Housing prices in Florida are increasing at a rate of 4% per

year. Joe wants to buy the home in 8 years when he retires. Joe has $25,000 right now in a savings account paying 8% interest per year. Joe wants to make eight equal annual deposits into the savings account starting today. How much must each deposit be so Joe will have enough money in his savings account to buy the retirement home when he retires?

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You have been given the following data: Specification information: Anything between 10 and 20 units per order is acceptable.

Process Mean: 13 Upper limit of the process: 16 Lower limit of the process: 10 Using this information, which of the following conclusions is most appropriate?   A. The process is not capable since it is not centered. B. The process is barely capable and not centered. C. The process is capable and centered. D. The process is not capable and centered.

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