Data Analytics 101

The Association has discussed that Data Analytics (DA) is not the same with Data Visualization (DV).  However, DV is part of DA.  The first thing that one can do to check if his or her office has applied DA is simple.  Below is a simple list which will help to answer the question.

  1. How many of your team members know how to write codes in SAS, R or Payton?
  2. How often strategic decisions are made based on multivariate and categorical statistical data analyses (of course with all the hypothesis tests) or mathematical programming such as linear, non-linear or simulation?

If your answer is none of the above, then most likely what your office is currently doing falls under DV and not DA.  DV can be done through Tableau or Excel, which are the common tools to visualize data.