Rocket-Powered Data Science

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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. These may not be high-risk discoveries, but they could be high-reward discoveries. Pay attention!

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2022

To ensure robust analysis, data analytics teams leverage a range of data management techniques, including data mining, data cleansing, data transformation, data modeling, and more. What are the four types of data analytics? In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI).

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datapine

MARCH 25, 2022

While BI tells you what has happened in the past and what is happening now (descriptive analytics), BA tells you what will happen in the future (predictive analytics). Descriptive analytics : As its name suggests, this analysis method is used to describe and summarize the main characteristics found on a dataset.

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BizAcuity

MARCH 31, 2022

85% of AI (marketing) projects fail due to risk, confusion, and lack of upskilling among marketing teams.(Source: Not just banking and financial services, but many organizations use big data and AI to forecast revenue, exchange rates, cryptocurrencies and certain macroeconomic variables for hedging purposes and risk management.

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FineReport

MARCH 24, 2024

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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BizAcuity

AUGUST 26, 2019

Prescriptive analytics is the area of business analytics (BA) dedicated to finding the best course of action for a given situation. By banking on prescriptive analytics, casinos can not only prepare and plan to take make the most of future opportunities but also avoid and tackle any impending risks and problems.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Spreadsheets dominate the activities of gathering and preparing data, and performing descriptive analytics. Sales operations rely on spreadsheets for forecasting and resource planning. The risk of using untrusted data in spreadsheets is significant when you consider how many serious decisions are based upon them.

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