Module 1

Question 1

Data

Answer 1

a collection of facts

Question 2

Data analysis

Answer 2

The collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

Question 3

Data analyst

Answer 3

Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to make informed decisions

Question 4

The 3 disciplines of data science

Answer 4

Machine learning, statistics, and analytics

Question 5

6 processes of data analytics

Answer 5

ask, prepare, process, analyze, share, act

Question 6

Data ecosystems

Answer 6

The various elements that interact with one another in order to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data

Question 7

Cloud

Answer 7

A place to keep data online, rather than a computer hard drive

Question 8

Data Science

Answer 8

Creating new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown by using raw data

Question 9

Data Analytics

Answer 9

The science of data

Question 10

Data-driven decision-making

Answer 10

Using facts to guide business strategy

Question 11

Analytical skills

Answer 11

Qualities and characteristics associated with solving problems using facts

Question 12

5 aspects of analytical skills

Answer 12

Curiosity, Understanding context, Having a technical mindset, Data design, Data Strategy

Question 13

Curiosity

Answer 13

Wanting to learn something

Question 14

Context

Answer 14

The condition in which something exists or happens

Question 15

A technical mindset

Answer 15

The ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way

Question 16

Data design

Answer 16

How you organize information

Question 17

Data strategy

Answer 17

The management of the people, processes and tools used in data analysis

Question 18

Analytical thinking

Answer 18

Identifying and defining a problem and then solving it by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner

Question 19

5 aspects of analytical thinking

Answer 19

Visualization, Strategy, Problem-orientation, Correlation, Big-picture and detail-oriented thinking

Question 20

Visualization

Answer 20

The graphical representation of information

Question 21

Correlation does not equal

Answer 21

Causation

Question 22

Root cause

Answer 22

The reason why a problem occurs

Question 23

Gap analysis

Answer 23

A method for examining and evaluating how a process works currently in order to get where you want to be in the future