Module 1 - Fundamntal Analysis, Analytics and Machine Learning Types Flashcards
Types of Data Analysis
- qualitative
- quantitative
- data mining
what is quantitative DA?
focus on quantifying the patterns and correlations found in the data
Are quantitative analysis results absolutes?
yes
Quantitative is based on ?
statistics
Whats the difference between analysis and analytics?
analytics use automated tools for DA.
What are the types of analytics?
- descriptive
- diagnostic
- predictive
- prescriptive
What increases when moving from descriptive towar prescriptive?
value and complexity
Descriptive analytics is carried out …
answer questions about events that have already occurred
what is the monthly commission earned by each sales agent? is a question type?
descriptive
what diagnostic analytics looks for?
find causes
“Why Q2 sales are higher that Q1?” is a type of question….
diagnostic analytics
Predictive analytics are carried out to attempt…
to determine the outcome of an event that might occur in the future
“what are the chances that a customer will default?” is a type of question…
predictive analytics
What predictive analytcs use to predict?
patterns, trend and exceptions found in historical and current data
what prescriptive analytics does?
it prescribes actions that should be taken