Analysis Flashcards
Organize and sort and adjust
The first two phases of data analysis, Organize data and Format and adjust data, are important for data analysts because they can use these phases to manipulate their data in ways that make important patterns and trends more obvious.
How do you sort in sql
Where and order by. Defaults to ascending order. To arrange in descending order use DESC
Aggregate
Collecting many parts into a whole
Data analytics puzzle analogy
Shelf of puzzles that falls to the floor. Aggregate or sort into parts. And the putting of the puzzles together is the analysis.
Value function
Changes from text to numeric values
Temporary table
Create in sql to refer to and access info better. Use with, select into, create table
Start with “With”
Parenthesis select statement creates temporary table
Select into
Copies data from one table into a new table, but doesn’t add the new table into the database. Copy a table with a specific condition.
Create table
Good option when several people need to access the same temp table. This statement adds the table into the database.
Modulo
An operator (%) that returns the remainder when one number is divided by another