{"id":1463,"date":"2014-02-14T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2014\/02\/14\/congrats-to-our-pass24hop-challenge-winners\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:01","slug":"congrats-to-our-pass24hop-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2014\/02\/14\/congrats-to-our-pass24hop-challenge-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to Our #pass24HOP Challenge Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week we enjoyed some fantastic sessions from PASS Business Analytics Conference speakers during the 24 Hours of PASS Business Analytics event<\/a>! In addition to all the great content, we had a little fun during the #pass24HOP Challenge<\/a> that we played alongside with you on Twitter!<\/p>\n Near the end of each session, we asked you a question about the session and the first person who replied to us with a correct response won a cool Microsoft tee.\u00a0 Of course, the tees were just the frosting on the cake \u2013 from all the eligible entries we received during the twelve hours of live streaming, we randomly selected one participant to win a free ticket to the 2014 PASS Business Analytics Conference in San Jose California!<\/p>\n And now, drum roll, please!\u00a0 Congratulations go to our community\u2019s own @SQLJuJu, grand prize winner of the #pass24HOP Challenge!\u00a0 We will be very excited to see @SQLJuJu and so many of you at this year\u2019s conference, where you can expect much more of the BI goodness that you tasted during last week\u2019s 24 Hours of PASS Business Analytics event!\u00a0We would also like to thank our community for your continued enthusiasm, support and for playing along with us in the #pass24HOP Challenge! Please follow us on\u00a0@SQLServer<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@MicrosoftBI<\/a>\u00a0for more fun and games all year long!<\/p>\n So, if you haven\u2019t registered yet, what are you waiting for! Registration is now open here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oh, and in case you\u2019re curious, we\u2019ve provided the #pass24HOPChallenge answer key below for future studies! You can also watch each of these sessions on demand through the links below.<\/p>\n Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which Power BI add-in can be used to define key performance indicators (KPIs)? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where does statistical learning theory help us in the Predictive Analytics process? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monte Carlo simulations are used for modelling: Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What are the three key reasons that big data technology has become a more viable approach to analytics? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which data mining algorithm is using the Highlight Exceptions tool? Q. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which editor should you use to put a DAX query in a RDL Report edited in Visual Studio? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What Big Data Vs did Karen @datachick disagree with? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What term is used to describe the way that Power Query tries to push processing back to the data source that it\u2019s querying? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is the first step in Phase 0 of a Big Data Project is? Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which report object from the SSRS toolbox can be used to make Risk Matrix charts?\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Power Pivot \u00a0<\/p>\n\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selecting the best hypothesis<\/p>\n\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stochastic systems\/processes<\/p>\n\n
A. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cost of storage down, data volumes up, processing power up<\/p>\n\n
A. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Microsoft Clustering algorithm<\/p>\n\n
A. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The DMX Editor<\/p>\n\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Value, Veracity, Validity\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
A. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Query Folding<\/p>\n\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capture and Diagram physical database environments<\/p>\n\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scatter charts<\/p>\n