Google Data Analytics: Course 1 Glossary

Analytical skills

Qualities and characteristics associated with using facts to solve problems

Analytical thinking

The process of identifying and defining a problem, then solving it by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner

Attribute

A characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table

Business task

The question or problem data analysis resolves for a business

Context

The condition in which something exists or happens

Data

A collection of facts

Data analysis

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

Data analyst

Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

Data analytics

The science of data

Data Design

How information is organized

Data driven decision making

Using facts to guide business strategy

Data Ecosystem

The various elements that interact with one another in order to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data

Data Science

A field of study that uses raw data to create new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown

Data Strategy

The management of the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis

Data Visualization

The graphical representation of data

Database

A collection of data stored in a computer system

Dataset

A collection of data that can be manipulated or analyzed as one unit

Fairness

A quality of data analysis that does not create or reinforce bias

Formula

A set of instructions used to perform a calculation using the data in a spreadsheet

Function

A preset command that automatically performs a specified process or task using the data in a spreadsheet

Gap Analysis

A method for examining and evaluating the current state of a process in order to identify opportunities for improvement in the future

Observation

The attributes that describe a piece of data contained in a row of a table

Query

A request for data or information from a database

Query language

A computer programming language used to communicate with a database

Root Cause

The reason why a problem occurs

Stakeholders

People who invest time and resources into a project and are interested in its outcome

Technical mindset

The ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way