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Business Analytics for Managers_5.3 Reflective Journal

Business Analytics for Managers_5.3 Reflective Journal

Q Read the following articles regarding the use of data and how it was used to make a decision that turned out to be a disaster: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bad-data-and-worse-decisions-poisoned-flint/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-bad-data.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Pick one of the articles from the two and explain what led up to the decisions that were made and your recommendations for ensuring that the data being used to make decisions is accurate and trustworthy. What are some of the improvement action items you would recommend? How would you change the process of collecting data and/or using business analytics to solve business problems? This is also a good opportunity to reflect on any analytics-based decisions you may have been involved with that led to an unfavorable situation. Please be sure to use proper citations when referring to the articles or other sources.

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The state government’s lifeblood is data. It can be said to be the vital commodity which is needed to evade fraud, manage projects, evaluate performance of program, maintain the in balance books and service delivery in an efficient manner. The information has dropped short in a dangerous manner of the mark even with the acceleration of the trend in the direction of greater data dependency over the decades in the past.