Excel Process
Types of Data Analytics
Formulas
General Data
More General Data
100

You should you always do this before you sort data in Excel.

What is save the file. 

100

The purpose of predictive analytics

What is determine what might happen

100

The correct Parameter in a VLOOKUP function if you want it to return the exact result

What is False

100

In the DIKW data hierarchy this is best represented by applied knowledge. 

What is knowledge

100

Which of the following IT employees would have overall responsibility for all the organizations systems?

What is the CIO (Chief information Officer)

200

You would use the advance filter option instead of the filer option if you wanted to do this. 

What is extract the list of selected records

200

One of the reasons that predictive analytics is becoming more widely used. 

What is:

Growing volumes of data

Software is easier to use

Computer power is cheaper and faster

Need for competitor differentiation due to tougher economy

200

If you are displaying stock prices along with a moving average line what would cause the line to be smoother or flattest line. 

What is more days. 

200

This is another way of saying data is everywhere

What is ubiquitous

200

Step in the DIKW model would have terms such as facts, figures, signals and measurements. 

What is Data

300

Tabs in Excel that has the sort tools.

What is Home and Data.

300

The type of data that is used to train predictive models.

What is historical data

300

The formula you would use to count text values in cells, such as names. 

 What is CountA()

300

if your organization built a predictive model to determine if a potential customer was a good credit risk this would be an example of this type of model. 

What is a classification model. 

300

A big retailer like Walmart will see big swings in sales on particular items due to this. 

What is seasonality. 

400

You should do this to the data before you use Microsoft Excel's subtotal feature. 

What is sort

400

Type of analytical technique that would look at what things happened. 

What is descriptive

400

Function that includes the following: database range, criteria range, field to sum. 

What is =DSUM()

400

A series of yes/no question would indicate this type of predictive model.

What is a decision tree. 

400

Another term for time-based data

What is temporal

500

A students network ID would be a good example of this item used in database structure.

What is a primary key. 

500

Data used in diagnostics analytics that is different from that used in descriptive analytics

What is external data. 

500

A tool that might be easier to use than data base functions such as =DAVERAGE(). 

What is a Pivot table

500

The most important step in the data lifecycle.

What is identify or formulate the problem. 

500

A method of reviewing large amounts of data to obtain information. 

What is data mining.