Analytical Thinking Flashcards
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As a data professional, you examine a data set of taxi rides to determine which hour the day typically has the highest demand. Under which discipline does this example best fall?
Data Analysis
A ____ encompasses the various elements that interact with one to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data.
Data ecosystems
When building data into business strategy, why is it important to include insights from subject-mater experts?
They can review analysis results and help identify inconsistencies
An e-commerce website collects, observes, and analyzes its customers online behaviors. Then, it uses the insights gained to choose to put certain products on sale. What business practice does this describe?
Data-driven decision-making
Analytical skills are the qualities and characteristics associated with _____ to solve the problem.
facts
An acquaintance talls you that they spend many hours each day “playing”. To learn more, you ask them whether they play sports, a musical instruments, or something else. Their answer helps you clarify the meaning of their statement. What does this scenario describe?
understanding the context
The analytical skill ___ encompasses how someone organizes information.
Data Design
Analytical Thinking involves _____ a problem, then solving it by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner.
Identifying and defining
What type of data visualization might an analyst create in order to communicate data insights to other?
Charts, Maps, and Graphs
What is a method for examining and evaluating how the process works currently in order to get to an improved future state?
Gap Analysis
The following statements correctly describes data and data analysis?
Data is a collection of facts
Data analysis involves collecting, transforming, and organizing data.
The following activities are elements of data-driven decision-making?
Define the business need
Find relevant data
A software company wants to improve its customers’ experience scores by 3% over the next 30 days. A data professional works to achieve this objective by understanding current scores and their distance from desired scores. They then use data insights to help advance the company from where they are now to where they want to be next month. What does this scenario describe?
Gap analysis
Data analyst use a problem - oriented approach in order to _______ describe, and solve problems.
Identify
The following demonstrates analytical Thinking?
You notice that two peice of a data trend in the same direction and investigate further check for correlation
You identify and define a problem, then solve it by data in an organized manner
