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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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MRO spare parts optimization

IBM Big Data Hub

Considering that IDC surveyed 37% of companies that manage spare parts inventory by using spreadsheets, email, shared folders or an uncertain approach, it becomes evident that this practice carries more risk than it might seem. Can you conduct what-if scenarios to visualize your options? Now, consider the just-in-case approach.

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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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3 Things Citizen Data Scientists Need in Predictive Analytics!

Smarten

The technology research firm, Gartner has predicted that, ‘predictive and prescriptive analytics will attract 40% of net new enterprise investment in the overall business intelligence and analytics market.’ Analyze the Model with Visualization and Interpretation. Competitive Changes. Market Changes. Trends and Patterns.

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

IBM Big Data Hub

The fields have evolved such that to work as a data analyst who views, manages and accesses data, you need to know Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as math, statistics, data visualization (to present the results to stakeholders) and data mining. It’s also necessary to understand data cleaning and processing techniques.

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Machine Learning and AI Underpin Predictive Analytics to Achieve Clinical Breakthroughs

Cloudera

To arrive at quality data, organizations are spending significant levels of effort on data integration, visualization, and deployment activities. Ember exploits FHIR beyond data exchange to empower interoperable analytics.

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Seven Steps to Success for Predictive Analytics in Financial Services

Birst BI

Every day, these companies pose questions such as: Will this new client provide a good return on investment, relative to the potential risk? Is this existing client a termination risk? A well-designed credit scoring algorithm will properly predict both the low- and high-risk customers. Will this next trade return a profit?