General Vocab

Question 1

analytical skills

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qualities and characteristics associated with facts to solve problems

Question 2

Analytical thinking

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

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Business task

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the question or problem data analysis resolves for a business

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context

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the condition in which something exists or happens

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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 in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

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Data analyst

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Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes 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 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, analyzes and share data

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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 strategy

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

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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 that can be manipulated or analyzed as one unit

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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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formula

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a set of instructions used to preform a calculation using the data in a speadsheet

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function

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a preset command that automatically preforms 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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observation

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the attributes that describe a peice of a data contained in a row of a table

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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 program language used to communicate with a database

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root cause

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the reason why a problem occurs

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self-reporting

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a data collection technique where participants provide information about themselves

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stake holder

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people who invested time and resources into a project and are interested in its outcome

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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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spreadsheet

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a digital worksheet

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SQL

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Structured Query Language

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Technical mindset

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the ability to break down things into a smaller step or piece and work with them in an orderly and logical way

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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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function

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

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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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oversampling

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the process of increasing the sample size of the non dominated groups in a population. This can help you better represent them and address imbalanced dataset

Question 34

self-reporting

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a data collection technique where participants provide information about themselves