Chapter 2: Foundation of Marketing Analytics Flashcards
Spreadsheet tools
An interactive software application for structuring, transforming, analyzing, and storing data in rows and columns
Tabular Form
Rows and Columns
Programming
The process of solving a given problem using executable computer algorithms, well-defined procedures for solving problems
Programming language
A formal set of instructions that can be used to product various kinds of data output
Programming tool
A software package that allows for the execution of a programming language
Statistical Programming Tool
A programming tool focuses on statistical analyses of data
Programming code
Statements written in a particular programming language
Programming software for data
Specialized computer programs for analysis using programming code
Non-programming software for data
Specialized computer programs for analysis using a graphical interface
Categorical Data
(non-numeric/numeric labels)
Continuous
(true numbers)