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Which data role enables advanced analytics capabilities specifically through reports and visualizations?
data analyst
Which data analyst task has a critical performance impact on reporting and data analysis?
visualize
Which one of the following options is the most important key benefit of data analysis?
informed business decisions
What are the tasks of a Data Analyst? List them in order, separated by commas.
prepare, model, visualize, analyze, manage
This role is closer to the business then a data analyst and is a specialist in interpreting the data that comes from visualization.
business analyst
This role is responsible for profiling/cleaning/ transforming data, managing Power Bi Assets, implementing security, determine appropriate data sources. One main job is to to data visualization & reporting.
data analyst
This role is responsible for on-premise and cloud data services. They design & implement solutions that they ensure are securely and seamlessly integrated across data platforms. Their job is to oversee overall operational data management.
data engineer
This role performs advanced analytics to extract value from data. They use exploratory data analysis (EDA) and predictive analytics via machine learning.
data scientist
This role is responsible for the managing security of the data, granting user access/privileges & overall performance of database solutions (on-premise & cloud).
database administrator
Type of Analytics: What has happened, based on historical data?
descriptive
Type of Analytics: Why do events happen?
Includes a 3 step process:
1. Identify data anomalies
2. Collect data related to these anomalies
3. Discover relationships & trends to explain anomalies
diagnostic
Type of Analytics: What will happen in the future?
predictive
Type of Analytics: Which actions should be taken to achieve a goal or target? Uses variety of statistical & machine learning techniques
prescriptive
Type of Analytics: What might happen if circumstances change and how should we handle those situations?
cognitive
This involves data prep, the process of profiling, cleaning & transforming data.
prepare
This involves data modeling, the process of determining how your tables are related to each other, done via defining & creating relationships between the tables.
model
The purpose of this is to bring data to life. It has the GOAL of solving business problems. A good report should tell a compelling story about that data.
visualize
This data step involves understanding and interpreting the information displayed on the report.
Use Power BI to find insights, identify patterns/trends, predict outcomes & then communicate those insights in a way everyone can understand.
analyze
This involves overseeing a variety of components: reports, dashboards, workspaces, datasets. It also helps avoid data silos.
manage
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