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2018 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

13. Data Analytics

verfasst von : Mike Fleckenstein, Lorraine Fellows

Erschienen in: Modern Data Strategy

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Analytics combines the use of mathematics and statistics with computer software to derive business knowledge from data. Analytics can be segmented into four types—descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive—as described by Gartner. Descriptive analytics focuses on describing something that has already happened, and suggesting its root causes. This involves the observation of historical data to distinguish the patterns or “descriptions of past events” in order to gain insight by implementing searchable databases. Descriptive analytics, which remains the lion’s share, typically hinges on basic querying, reporting, and visualization of historical data. Descriptive analytics is typically what is executed by traditional business intelligence platforms.

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Fußnoten
1
See http://​www.​gartner.​com/​newsroom/​id/​2881218. Note that there is some variation in these categories, depending on the source. For example, not all sources encompass the category of “diagnostic analytics.”
 
2
See, for example, Anglin, A., “UPS: Optimizing Delivery Routes,” Harvard Business School Digital Initiative, April 12, 2015. https://​openforum.​hbs.​org/​challenge/​understand-digital-transformation-of-business/​data/​ups-optimizing-delivery-routes/​comments.
 
3
Search CIO, “Prescriptive Analytics”. (May 2012) (http://​searchcio.​techtarget.​com/​definition/​Prescriptive-analytics).
 
5
See “Data Growth, Business Opportunities, and the IT Imperatives,” EMC and IDC, April 2014, http://​www.​emc.​com/​leadership/​digital-universe/​2014iview/​executive-summary.​htm.
 
6
Manyika, J., Chui, M., Brown, B., Bughin, J., Dobbs, R., Roxburgh, C., & Byers, A. H., “Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity,”, McKinsey Global Institute, June 2011.
 
7
Lohr, S., “For Big Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insight,” New York Times, August 17, 2014.
 
8
This is further confirmed by Tom Davenport, Director of Research at the International Institute for Analytics, in his book Big Data at Work, in which he interviewed more than 50 companies that were using big data analytics. Based on his interviews, the greatest benefit of using analytics is that it is a key factor in better decision-making capabilities and better enabling key strategic initiatives. Nearly two thirds of respondents say that analytics play an important role in driving business strategy.
 
9
Aggarwal, S., & Manual, N., “Big data analytics should be driven by business needs, not technology,” McKinsey Global Institute, June 2016.
 
10
See, for example, Davenport, T. H., “Analytics 3.0,” Harvard Business Review, December 2013.
 
11
For one representation of the big data environment, including analytics tools, see http://​mattturck.​com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2016/​03/​Big-Data-Landscape-2016-v18-FINAL.​png.
 
Metadaten
Titel
Data Analytics
verfasst von
Mike Fleckenstein
Lorraine Fellows
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68993-7_13

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