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Big Data For Dummies
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Big Data For Dummies

by Judith Hurwitz, Alan Nugent, Dr. Fern Halper, Marcia Kaufman
April 2013
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
8h 14m
English
For Dummies
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Part IV

Analytics and Big Data

Big Data Analysis

Analysis Type

Description

Basic analytics for insight

Slicing and dicing of data, reporting, simple visualizations, basic monitoring.

Advanced analytics for insight

More complex analysis such as predictive modeling and other pattern-matching techniques.

Operationalized analytics

Analytics become part of the business process.

Monetized analytics

Analytics are utilized to directly drive revenue.

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In this part . . .

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check.png Study structured analytics case studies.

check.png Explore unstructured data.

check.png Define and demonstrate text analytics.

check.png Integrate unstructured and structured data.

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