Lecture 1 Flashcards
Data
Data is plural of “datum,” a Latin word
Data represents a collection of data points (discrete unit of information)
A “datum” is
a single factual, or point of matter and is most often called data point
Types of Data: Identity
Any info which enables an individual to be uniquely identified
(i.e. demographics, postal address, telephone #, email address, etc…)
Types of Data: Quantitative
Measurable operational data of customer interactions with your business
(i.e. transactional, communication, online activity, customer service, social network)
Types of Data: Qualitative
Attitude, motivation & opinion data usually collected through a questionnaire
Types of Data:
Additional profile information covering family & lifestyle details
The world most valuable resource is no longer oil but
data
Smartphones and the internet have made data
abundant, ubiquitous and far more valuable
Every activity creates a digital
trace (i.e. going for a run, watching TV)
Data volume is also increasing with
IoT (self-driving car will generate 100 gigabytes per second)
IDC predicts that the “digital universe” (the data created and copied every year) will reach
180 zettabytes (180 followed by 21 zeros) in 2025
By collecting more data, a firm has more scope to
improve its products, which attracts more users, generating even more data
Access to data also protects companies from
rivals
Data is no longer simply a stocks of
digital information
The new economy is more about analyzing
rapid real- time flows of often unstructured data
Facebook and Google initially used the data they collected from users to target advertising better
Now…
…they turned the data into any number of AI or “cognitive” services and extracting more value from it
(i.e. translation, visual recognition, etc…)
Analytics Are Deployed Across Four Areas
Radically improve lead generation
Match the people
Maximize customer lifetime value
Get the right price
Radically improve lead generation:
Analytics Use Cases:
Lead generation
Lead scoring