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The document is a glossary of terms and definitions related to data analytics, covering various concepts such as A/B testing, access control, and analytical skills. It provides concise explanations for each term, facilitating understanding of key data analytics terminology. This resource serves as a reference for individuals engaged in data analysis and related fields.

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ZolpEjBKQVioCz08u0B3kw Glossary 5

The document is a glossary of terms and definitions related to data analytics, covering various concepts such as A/B testing, access control, and analytical skills. It provides concise explanations for each term, facilitating understanding of key data analytics terminology. This resource serves as a reference for individuals engaged in data analysis and related fields.

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Glossary

Data Analytics
Terms and Definitions
Terms and definitions from all courses

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A/B testing: The process of testing two variations of the same web page to determine which
page is more successful at attracting user traffic and generating revenue

Absolute reference: A reference within a function that is locked so that rows and columns
won’t change if the function is copied

Access control: Features such as password protection, user permissions, and encryption that
are used to protect a spreadsheet

Accuracy: The degree to which data conforms to the actual entity being measured or described

Action-oriented question: A question whose answers lead to change

Administrative metadata: Metadata that indicates the technical source of a digital asset

Aesthetic (R): A visual property of an object in a plot

Agenda: A list of scheduled appointments

Aggregation: The process of collecting or gathering many separate pieces into a whole

Algorithm: A process or set of rules followed for a specific task

Aliasing: Temporarily naming a table or column in a query to make it easier to read and write

Alternative text: Text that provides an alternative to non-text content, such as images and
videos

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

Annotation: Text that briefly explains data or helps focus the audience on a particular aspect of
the data in a visualization
Anscombe’s quartet: Four datasets that have nearly identical summary statistics but contain
different plotted values

Area chart: A data visualization that uses individual data points for a changing variable
connected by a continuous line with a filled in area underneath

Argument (R): Information needed by a function in R in order to run

Arithmetic operator: An operator used to perform basic math operations such as addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division

Array: A collection of values in spreadsheet cells

Assignment operator: An operator used to assign values to variables and vectors

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

Audio file: Digitized audio storage usually in an MP3, AAC, or other compressed format

AVERAGE: A spreadsheet function that returns an average of the values from a selected range

AVERAGEIF: A spreadsheet function that returns the average of all cell values from a given
range that meet a specified condition

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