Course 1 - Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

Question 1

Analytical skills

Answer 1

Qualities and characteristics associated with using facts to solve problems

Question 2

Analytical thinking

Answer 2

The process of identifying and defining a problem, then solving it by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner

Question 3

Attribute

Answer 3

A characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table

Question 4

Business task

Answer 4

The question or problem data analysis resolves for a business

Question 5

Context

Answer 5

The condition in which something exists or happens

Question 6

Data

Answer 6

A collection of facts

Question 7

Data analysis

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Data analytics

Answer 8

The science of data

Question 9

Data design

Answer 9

How information is organized

Question 10

Data-driven decision-making

Answer 10

Using facts to guide business strategy

Question 11

Data ecosystem

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Data science

Answer 12

A field of study that uses raw data to create new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown

Question 13

Data strategy

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Data visualization

Answer 14

The graphical representation of data

Question 15

Database

Answer 15

A collection of data stored in a computer system

Question 16

Dataset

Answer 16

A collection of data that can be manipulated or analyzed as one unit

Question 17

Fairness

Answer 17

A quality of data analysis that does not create or reinforce bias

Question 18

Formula

Answer 18

A set of instructions used to perform a calculation using the data in a spreadsheet

Question 19

Function

Answer 19

A preset command that automatically performs a specified process or task using the data in a spreadsheet

Question 20

Gap analysis

Answer 20

A method for examining and evaluating the current state of a process in order to identify opportunities for improvement in the future

Question 21

Observation

Answer 21

The attributes that describe a piece of data contained in a row of a table

Question 22

Query

Answer 22

A request for data or information from a database

Question 23

Query language

Answer 23

A computer programming language used to communicate with a database

Question 24

Root cause

Answer 24

The reason why a problem occurs

Question 25

Stakeholders

Answer 25

People who invest time and resources into a project and are interested in its outcome

Question 26

Technical mindset

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Visualization

Answer 27

The graphical representation of data