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Course 3 - Prepare Data for Exploration Flashcards

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Access control

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Features such as password protection, user permissions, and encryption that are used to protect a spreadsheet

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Action-oriented question

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A question whose answers lead to change

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Administrative metadata

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Metadata that indicates the technical source of a digital asset

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Agenda

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A list of scheduled appointments

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Algorithm

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A process or set of rules followed for a specific task

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Analytical skills

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Qualities and characteristics associated with using facts to solve problems

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Analytical thinking

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

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Attribute

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

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Audio file

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Digitized audio storage usually in an MP3, AAC, or other compressed format

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AVERAGE

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A spreadsheet function that returns an average of the values from a selected range

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Bad data source

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A data source that is not reliable, original, comprehensive, current, and cited (ROCCC)

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Bias

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A conscious or subconscious preference in favor of or against a person, group of people, or thing

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Big data

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Large, complex datasets typically involving long periods of time, which enable data analysts to address far-reaching business problems

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Boolean data

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A data type with only two possible values, usually true or false

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Borders

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Lines that can be added around two or more cells on a spreadsheet

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Business task

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The question or problem data analysis resolves for a business

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Cell reference

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A cell or a range of cells in a worksheet typically used in formulas and functions

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Cloud

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

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Confirmation bias

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The tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms pre-existing beliefs

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Consent

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The aspect of data ethics that presumes an individual’s right to know how and why their personal data will be used before agreeing to provide it

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Context

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The condition in which something exists or happens

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Continuous data

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Data that is measured and can have almost any numeric value

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Cookie

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A small file stored on a computer that contains information about its users

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COUNT

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A spreadsheet function that counts the number of cells in a range that meet a specified criteria

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CSV (comma-separated values) file

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A delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values

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Currency

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The aspect of data ethics that presumes individuals should be aware of financial transactions resulting from the use of their personal data and the scale of those transactions

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Dashboard

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A tool that monitors live, incoming data

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Data

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A collection of facts

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Data analysis

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

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Data analysis process

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The six phases of ask, prepare, process, analyze, share, and act whose purpose is to gain insights that drive informed decision-making

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Data analyst

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Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

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Data analytics

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The science of data

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Data anonymization

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The process of protecting people’s private or sensitive data by eliminating identifying information

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Data bias

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When a preference in favor of or against a person, group of people, or thing systematically skews data analysis results in a certain direction

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Data design

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How information is organized

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Data-driven decision-making

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Using facts to guide business strategy

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Data ecosystem

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

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Data element

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A piece of information in a dataset

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Data ethics

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Well-founded standards of right and wrong that dictate how data is collected, shared, and used

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Data governance

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A process for ensuring the formal management of a company’s data assets

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Data-inspired decision-making

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Exploring different data sources to find out what they have in common

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Data interoperability

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The ability to integrate data from multiple sources and a key factor leading to the successful use of open data among companies and governments

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Data life cycle

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The sequence of stages that data experiences, which include plan, capture, manage, analyze, archive, and destroy

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Data model

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A tool for organizing data elements and how they relate to one another

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Data privacy

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Preserving a data subject’s information any time a data transaction occurs

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Data science

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

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Data security

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Protecting data from unauthorized access or corruption by adopting safety measures

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Data strategy

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

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Data type

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An attribute that describes a piece of data based on its values, its programming language, or the operations it can perform

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Data visualization

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The graphical representation of data

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Database

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A collection of data stored in a computer system

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Dataset

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

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Descriptive metadata

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Metadata that describes a piece of data and can be used to identify it at a later point in time

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Digital photo

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An electronic or computer-based image usually in BMP or JPG format

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Discrete data

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Data that is counted and has a limited number of values

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Equation

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A calculation that involves addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division (also called a math expression)

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Ethics

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Well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues

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Experimenter bias

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The tendency for different people to observe things differently (Refer to Observer bias)

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External data

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Data that lives and is generated outside of an organization

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Fairness

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

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Field

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A single piece of information from a row or column of a spreadsheet; in a data table, typically a column in the table

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Fill handle

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A box in the lower-right-hand corner of a selected spreadsheet cell that can be dragged through neighboring cells in order to continue an instruction

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Filtering

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The process of showing only the data that meets a specified criteria while hiding the rest

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First-party data

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Data collected by an individual or group using their own resources

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Foreign key

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A field within a database table that is a primary key in another table (Refer to primary key)

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Formula

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

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FROM

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The section of a query that indicates where the selected data comes from

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Function

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

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Gap analysis

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

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General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR)

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Policy-making body in the European Union created to help protect people and their data

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Geolocation

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The geographical location of a person or device by means of digital information

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Good data source

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A data source that is reliable, original, comprehensive, current, and cited (ROCCC)

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Header

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The first row in a spreadsheet that labels the type of data in each column

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Internal data

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Data that lives within a company’s own systems

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Interpretation bias

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The tendency to interpret ambiguous situations in a positive or negative way

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Leading question

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A question that steers people toward a certain response

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Long data

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A dataset in which each row is one time point per subject, so each subject has data in multiple rows

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Math expression

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A calculation that involves addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division (also called an equation)

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Math function

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A function that is used as part of a mathematical formula

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MAX

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A spreadsheet function that returns the largest numeric value from a range of cells

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Measurable question

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A question whose answers can be quantified and assessed

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Mentor

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Someone who shares knowledge, skills, and experience to help another grow both professionally and personally

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Metadata

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Data about data

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Metadata repository

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A database created to store metadata

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Metric

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A single, quantifiable type of data that is used for measurement

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Metric goal

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A measurable goal set by a company and evaluated using metrics

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MIN

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A spreadsheet function that returns the smallest numeric value from a range of cells

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Naming conventions

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Consistent guidelines that describe the content, creation date, and version of a file in its name

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Networking

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Building relationships by meeting people both in person and online

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Nominal data

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A type of qualitative data that is categorized without a set order

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Normalized database

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A database in which only related data is stored in each table

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Notebook

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An interactive, editable programming environment for creating data reports and showcasing data skills

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Observation

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

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Observer bias

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The tendency for different people to observe things differently (also called experimenter bias)

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Open data

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Data that is available to the public

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Openness

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The aspect of data ethics that promotes the free access, usage, and sharing of data

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Operator

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A symbol that names the operation or calculation to be performed

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Order of operations

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Using parentheses to group together spreadsheet values in order to clarify the order in which operations should be performed

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Ordinal data

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Qualitative data with a set order or scale

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Ownership

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The aspect of data ethics that presumes individuals own the raw data they provide and have primary control over its usage, processing, and sharing

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Pivot chart

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A chart created from the fields in a pivot table

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Pivot table

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A data summarization tool used to sort, reorganize, group, count, total, or average data

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Pixel

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In digital imaging, a small area of illumination on a display screen that, when combined with other adjacent areas, forms a digital image

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Population

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In data analytics, all possible data values in a dataset

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Primary key

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An identifier in a database that references a column in which each value is unique (Refer to foreign key)

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Problem domain

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The area of analysis that encompasses every activity affecting or affected by a problem

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Problem types

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The various problems that data analysts encounter, including categorizing things, discovering connections, finding patterns, identifying themes, making predictions, and spotting something unusual

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Qualitative data

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A subjective and explanatory measure of a quality or characteristic

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Quantitative data

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A specific and objective measure, such as a number, quantity, or range

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Query

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A request for data or information from a database

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Query language

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A computer programming language used to communicate with a database

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Range

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A collection of two or more cells in a spreadsheet

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Record

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A collection of related data in a data table, usually synonymous with row

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Redundancy

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When the same piece of data is stored in two or more places

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Reframing

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The process of restating a problem or challenge, then redirecting it toward a potential resolution

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Relational database

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A database that contains a series of tables that can be connected to form relationships

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Relevant question

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A question that has significance to the problem to be solved

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Report

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A static collection of data periodically given to stakeholders

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Return on investment (ROI)

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A formula that uses the metrics of investment and profit to evaluate the success of an investment

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Revenue

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The total amount of income generated by the sale of goods or services

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Root cause

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The reason why a problem occurs

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Sample

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In data analytics, a segment of a population that is representative of the entire population

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Sampling bias

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Overrepresenting or underrepresenting certain members of a population as a result of working with a sample that is not representative of the population as a whole

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Schema

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A way of describing how something, such as data, is organized

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Scope of work (SOW)

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An agreed-upon outline of the tasks to be performed during a project

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Second-party data

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Data collected by a group directly from its audience and then sold

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SELECT

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The section of a query that indicates the subset of a dataset

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Small data

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Small, specific data points typically involving a short period of time, which are useful for making day-to-day decisions

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SMART methodology

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A tool for determining a question’s effectiveness based on whether it is specific, measurable, action-oriented, relevant, and time-bound

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Social media

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Websites and applications through which users create and share content or participate in social networking

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Sorting

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The process of arranging data into a meaningful order to make it easier to understand, analyze, and visualize

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Specific question

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A question that is simple, significant, and focused on a single topic or a few closely related ideas

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Sponsor

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A professional advocate who is committed to moving forward the career of another

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Spreadsheet

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A digital worksheet

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SQL

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Refer to Structured Query Language

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Stakeholders

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

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String data type

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A sequence of characters and punctuation that contains textual information (also called text data type)

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Structural metadata

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Metadata that indicates how a piece of data is organized and whether it is part of one or more than one data collection

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Structured data

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Data organized in a certain format such as rows and columns

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Structured Query Language

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A computer programming language used to communicate with a database

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Structured thinking

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The process of recognizing the current problem or situation, organizing available information, revealing gaps and opportunities, and identifying options

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SUM

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A spreadsheet function that adds the values of a selected range of cells

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Technical mindset

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

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Text data type

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A sequence of characters and punctuation that contains textual information (also called string data type)

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Third-party data

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Data provided from outside sources who didn’t collect it directly

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Time-bound question

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A question that specifies a timeframe to be studied

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Transaction transparency

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The aspect of data ethics that presumes all data-processing activities and algorithms should be explainable and understood by the individual who provides the data

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Turnover rate

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The rate at which employees voluntarily leave a company

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Unbiased sampling

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When the sample of the population being measured is representative of the population as a whole

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Unfair question

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A question that makes assumptions or is difficult to answer honestly

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United States Census Bureau

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An agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy

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Unstructured data

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Data that is not organized in any easily identifiable manner

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Video file

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A collection of images, audio files, and other data usually encoded in a compressed format such as MP4, MV4, MOV, AVI, or FLV

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Visualization

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Refer to data visualization

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WHERE

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The section of a query that specifies criteria that the requested data must meet

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Wide data

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A dataset in which every data subject has a single row with multiple columns to hold the values of various attributes of the subject

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World Health Organization

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An organization whose primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system

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