Week 2 - Analytical Thinking

Question 1

5 Main analytical skills

Answer 1

• Curiosity
• Understanding
• Context
• Technical Mindset - involves the ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way.
• Data design - how you organize information
• Data strategy - the management of the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis

Question 2

Analytical thinking (broadly)

Answer 2

• Involves identifying and defining a problem and then solving it by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner.
• Visualisation
• Strategy
• Problem-orientation
• Correlation
• Big picture & detail-oriented thinking