Data Analysis: What Tools to Use?
As a data analyst, we use a combination of tools, including spreadsheet software, SQL databases, and Tableau. You can get quite a long way with these, but they’re not the …
Course: Data Analysis and Fundamental Statistics
Data Analytics Project: What Is the Process?
The graphic below outlines the typical stages of a data analytics project. Image adapted from Grolemund & Wickham, p 3 [1] This model describes the steps an analyst follows, regardless …
How to Foster a Data-driven Culture
One of the core roadblocks to an effective, data-driven workplace is organisational culture. Teams need to shift from traditional ways of working to adopting a ‘data mindset’. Thusoo and Sarma …
Why Make Data-driven Decisions?
The aim of data-driven decision-making is to make decisions based on obvious and subtle insights, the trends those insights produce, and other relevant facts, rather than making decisions based on …
What Are the 4 Main Analytical Models?
The four main analytical models organisations can deploy are: descriptive diagnostic predictive prescriptive. As you move from descriptive to prescriptive analytics, each model offers increasing value to an organisation. But, …
What Are the Common Data Sources?
We know that data-driven decision-making is important, but where does all this data come from? Traditionally, business management systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) …
What Are the Different Types of Data?
Data is information of any kind. In the context of business and computing, we’ll deal (mostly) with information that’s in a machine-readable format. This is known as structured data. Structured …
What Is Data Analytics?
What is data? In its simplest form, data is information of any kind. Data on its own can be vast and confounding; however, when synthesised and analysed it provides a …