Saturday, 23 February 2013

Six Types Of Analyses Every Data Scientist Should Know

Jeffrey Leek, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has identified six(6) archetypical analyses. As presented, they range from the least to most complex, in terms of knowledge, costs, and time. In summary,

Descriptive
Exploratory
Inferential
Predictive
Causal
Mechanistic

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