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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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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

What are the four types of data analytics? 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. In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI).

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Decoding Data Analyst Job Description: Skills, Tools, and Career Paths

FineReport

Data analysts leverage four key types of analytics in their work: Prescriptive analytics: Advising on optimal actions in specific scenarios. Diagnostic analytics: Uncovering the reasons behind specific occurrences through pattern analysis. Descriptive analytics: Assessing historical trends, such as sales and revenue.

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Using IBM Watson to Answer Two Important Questions about your Customers

Business Over Broadway

IBM is using the power of its Watson Studio platform to extend the power of AI to people who fall outside the realm of data science, machine learning and AI experts. IBM Watson Studio is an end-to-end analytics solution to help you gain insights from your data. The next step is to analyze the data.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 10

Domino Data Lab

Co-chair Paco Nathan provides highlights of Rev 2 , a data science leaders summit. We held Rev 2 May 23-24 in NYC, as the place where “data science leaders and their teams come to learn from each other.” If you lead a data science team/org, DM me and I’ll send you an invite to data-head.slack.com ”.

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Incorporating Artificial Intelligence for Businesses : The Modern Approach to Data Analytics

BizAcuity

Artificial Intelligence Analytics. AI can be applies to all 3 major types of analytics: Descriptive Analytics: The entire journey of the descriptive and diagnostic analytics process includes data extraction, data aggregation and data mining; 3 applications where AI is widely used to reduce costs, and eliminate complex actions.

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Three Types of Actionable Business Analytics Not Called Predictive or Prescriptive

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Using the same statistical terminology, the conditional probability P(Y|X) (the probability of Y occurring, given the presence of precondition X) is an expression of predictive analytics. By exploring and analyzing the business data, analysts and data scientists can search for and uncover such predictive relationships.