Data Architecture: A Primer for the Data Scientist

1.5

Corporate Data Analysis

Abstract

As important as data is, the real value of data is in its ability to serve as a foundation for analysis. Data can be organized in many different ways for analysis. A common way to organize data is through “normalization.” Normalized data is granular and organized. In addition there are many tools that are capable of analyzing normalized data. There are many ways that analysis can be conducted – through examination of exceptions, by looking at data over time, by examining key performance indicators, and so forth.

Keywords

normalization

relational

granularity

data organization

exception reporting

data over time

key performance indicators

Data is fairly worthless unless it can be analyzed. So the data ...