QUIZ 1

The analytical skill that involves breaking processes down into smaller steps and working with them in an orderly, logical way

A technical mindset

Question 4 Data design is how you organize information; data strategy is the management of the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis.

True

Fill in the blank: Being able to identify a relationship between two or more pieces of data describes _____.

correlation

Which aspect of analytical thinking involves being able to identify a relationship between two or more pieces of data?

correlation

Question 3 Fill in the blank: _____ involves the ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way.

A technical mindset

The qualities and characteristics associated with solving problems using facts

Analytical skills

What practice involves identifying, defining, and solving a problem by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner?

Analytical thinking

Question 2 In data analytics, a model is a group of elements that interact with one another.

False

You read an interesting article about data analytics in a magazine and want to share some ideas from the article in the discussion forum. In your post, you include the author and a link to the original article. This would be an inappropriate use of the forum.

False

Question 8 Fill in the blank: Data analysts use the five analytical skills of curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy to make _____ decisions.

data-driven

A dairy farmer decides to open an ice cream shop on her farm. After surveying the local community about people's favorite flavors, she takes the data they provided and stores it in a secure hard drive so it can be maintained safely on her computer. This is part of which phase of the data life cycle?

manage

Gap analysis is used to examine and evaluate how a process currently works with the goal of getting to where you want to be in the future.

true

Question 2 Surveying customers about their preferences and using that information to inform business strategy is an example of data-driven decision-making

true

What tactics can a data analyst use to effectively blend gut instinct with facts? Select all that apply.

1. Use their knowledge of how their company works to better understand a business need. 2. Apply their unique past experiences to their current work, while keeping in mind the story the data is telling.

In the data life cycle, which phase involves using data to solve problems, make good decisions, and support business goals?

Analyze

The analytical skill that involves how you organize information

Data design

Question 3 In data analysis, which analytical skill involves the management of people, processes, and tools?

Data strategy

The analytical skill that involves managing the processes and tools used in data analysis

Data strategy

Billings Upholstery has defined a problem it needs to solve: Find a more environmentally friendly way to produce its furniture. A data analyst gathers relevant data, analyzes it, and uses it to draw conclusions. The analyst then shares their analysis with subject-matter experts from the manufacturing team, who validate the findings. Finally, a plan is put into action. This scenario describes what process?

Data-driven decision-making

n airport wants to make its luggage-handling process faster and simpler for travelers. A data analyst examines and evaluates how the process works currently in order to achieve the goal of a more efficient process. What methodology do they use?

Gap analysis

six stages to the data life cycle.

Plan: Decide what kind of data is needed, how it will be managed, and who will be responsible for it. Capture: Collect or bring in data from a variety of different sources. Manage: Care for and maintain the data. This includes determining how and where it is stored and the tools used to do so. Analyze: Use the data to solve problems, make decisions, and support business goals. Archive: Keep relevant data stored for long-term and future reference. Destroy: Remove data from storage and delete any shared copies of the data.

3. Question 3 Fill in the blank: Data _____ involves creating new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown by using raw data.

SCIENCE

Curiosity is an analytical skill that involves which of the following?

Seeking out new challenges and experiences

Question 7 A data analyst finishes analyzing data for a marketing project. The results are clear, so they present findings and recommendations to the client. What should they have done before that presentation?

Shared the results with subject-matter experts from the marketing team for their input

What do subject-matter experts do to support data-driven decision-making? Select all that apply.

Subject-matter experts can offer insights into the business problem, identify inconsistencies in the analysis, and validate the choices being made.

Question 1 Which of the following options describes data analysis?

The collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

Question 6 What method involves asking numerous questions in order to get to the root cause of a problem?

The five whys

After opening the ice cream shop on her farm, the same dairy farmer then surveys the local community about people's favorite flavors. She uses the data she collected to determine that the top five flavors are strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, mint chip, and peanut butter. She feels confident in her decision to sell these flavors. This is part of which phase of the data life cycle?

analyze

The analytical skill that has to do with how you group things into categories

Understanding context