Course 1 Module 1 Flashcards
Data
A collection of facts
Data analysis
The collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw
conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making
Data analyst
Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to drive informed
decision-making
Data analytics
The science of data
Data-driven decision-making
Using facts to guide business strategy
Data ecosystem
The various elements that interact with one another in order to produce,
manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data
Data Science
A field of study that uses raw data to create new ways of modeling and
understanding the unknown
Dataset
A collection of data that can be manipulated or analyzed as one unit