Data Science and Analytic Automation Glossary

Business analytics is the process of analyzing data using statistical and quantitative methods...

Business intelligence is the cumulative outcome of an organization's data, software, infrastructure...

Data analytics is the process of exploring, transforming, and analyzing data to identify trends...

Data blending is the process of combining data from multiple sources to create an actionable...

Data cleansing, also known as data cleaning or scrubbing, identifies and fixes errors, duplicates, and...

Exploration, one of the first steps in data preparation, is a way to get to know data before working...

Data preparation, also sometimes called “pre-processing,” is the act of cleaning and consolidating...

Extract, transform, load — better known as ETL — is a data integration process used to copy, combine...

Data science is a form of applied statistics that incorporates elements of computer science and...

Machine learning is the iterative process a computer uses to identify patterns in a dataset given...

Machine learning models provide valuable insights to the business, but only if those models can access...

Predictive analytics is a type of data analysis that uses statistics, data science, machine learning...