Analytics can get you answers from data. With an ever-increasing volume of data and new regulatory pressures, you need to know more than knowing where and how it is used. It's critical to comprehend the data: Is it relevant? Does it contain sensitive or private information? Can we detect bias?
A business glossary improves data quality – one of the top five ways it makes analytics better.
Jim Harris says people still play a pivotal role in data-driven decision making.
Self-service BI applications make gaining insights and decision making faster. But they've also generated a greater need for governance, including understanding the data lifecycle. You can find out where your data comes from with SAS Lineage Viewer. The post tells you how.
Jim Harris says learn the lineage of the data that fed the analysis before you get dazzled by visualizations or algorithms.
The adoption of data analytics in organisations is widespread these days. Due to the lower costs of ownership and increased ease of deployment, there are realistically no barriers for any organisation wishing to exploit more from their data. This of course presents a challenge because the rate of data analytics adoption
