Chapter 3 –discussion question #1-4 & exercise 12 (choose any two)
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Discussion:
1. How do you describe the importance of data in analytics?
Can we think of analytics without data? Explain.
2. Considering the new and broad definition of business
analytics, what are the main inputs and outputs to the
analytics continuum?
3. Where do the data for business analytics come from?
What are the sources and the nature of those incoming
data?
4. What are the most common metrics that make for
analytics-ready data?
Exercise:
12: Go to data.gov—a U.S. government–sponsored data
portal that has a very large number of data sets on a
wide variety of topics ranging from healthcare to education,
climate to public safety. Pick a topic that you
are most passionate about. Go through the topic- specific
information and explanation provided on the site.
Explore the possibilities of downloading the data, and
use your favorite data visualization tool to create your
own meaningful information and visualizations.