A nonprofit organization can process a donation without knowing the donor's gender or age, but a data mining application that looks at differences in donation behaviours based on gender would be impaired. This data problem is known as
A) too fine data.
B) missing values.
C) inconsistent data.
D) incomplete or inaccurate data.
E) too coarse data.

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The data problem described in the scenario is missing values, where certain data points are not present. In this case, the nonprofit organization does not have data on the gender or age of a donor. Data mining applications rely on complete data sets, so missing values can impair their ability to accurately identify patterns or make conclusions.

A Nonprofit Organization Can Process a Donation Without Knowing the Donor's