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Alation Connected Sheets Brings Trust to Spreadsheets

Alation

Spreadsheets dominate the activities of gathering and preparing data, and performing descriptive analytics. Demand generation marketing teams rely on spreadsheets for analyzing the performance and ROI of different channels. Or they don’t have the technical skill to extract, cleanse, or transform data they need.

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Three Types of Actionable Business Analytics Not Called Predictive or Prescriptive

Rocket-Powered Data Science

What is the point of those obvious statistical inferences? In statistical terms, the joint probability of event Y and condition X co-occurring, designated P(X,Y), is essentially the probability P(Y) of event Y occurring. How do predictive and prescriptive analytics fit into this statistical framework? Pay attention!

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

Return on Investment Now we bring it all together to calculate the ROI on embedded analytics. Costs: The investment in developing and maintaining the solution. “-1”: The formula assures that a positive ROI is achieved only when benefits exceed the costs. Benefits: The combination of strategic benefits (e.g., cost reduction).