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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Though you may encounter the terms “data science” and “data analytics” being used interchangeably in conversations or online, they refer to two distinctly different concepts. Meanwhile, data analytics is the act of examining datasets to extract value and find answers to specific questions.

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Three Types of Actionable Business Analytics Not Called Predictive or Prescriptive

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Decades (at least) of business analytics writings have focused on the power, perspicacity, value, and validity in deploying predictive and prescriptive analytics for business forecasting and optimization, respectively. How do predictive and prescriptive analytics fit into this statistical framework?

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Data science vs. machine learning: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

While data science and machine learning are related, they are very different fields. In a nutshell, data science brings structure to big data while machine learning focuses on learning from the data itself. What is data science? This post will dive deeper into the nuances of each field.

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Assisted Predictive Analytics Benefits All Team Members!

Smarten

Leverage Enterprise Investments for Predictive Analytics and Gain Numerous Advantages! Gartner has predicted that, ‘predictive and prescriptive analytics will attract 40% of net new enterprise investment in the overall business intelligence and analytics market.’ Why the focus on predictive analytics?

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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

More specifically: Descriptive analytics uses historical and current data from multiple sources to describe the present state, or a specified historical state, by identifying trends and patterns. Predictive analytics is often considered a type of “advanced analytics,” and frequently depends on machine learning and/or deep learning.

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Citizen Data Scientists Are Key. So Is the Solution They Use.

Smarten

World-renowned technology analysis firm Gartner defines the role this way, ‘A citizen data scientist is a person who creates or generates models that leverage predictive or prescriptive analytics, but whose primary job function is outside of the field of statistics and analytics. ‘If

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Top 10 Analytics And Business Intelligence Trends For 2020

datapine

4) Predictive And Prescriptive Analytics Tools. Business analytics of tomorrow is focused on the future and tries to answer the questions: what will happen? Hotels try to predict the number of guests they can expect on any given night in order to adjust prices to maximize occupancy and increase revenue.