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What is the primary focus of analytics in economics?
What is the primary focus of analytics in economics?
How has analytics transformed management practices?
How has analytics transformed management practices?
In the context of accounting, what shift is occurring due to analytics?
In the context of accounting, what shift is occurring due to analytics?
What aspect of asset valuation is primarily associated with fundamental analysis?
What aspect of asset valuation is primarily associated with fundamental analysis?
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Which of the following represents a key application of analytics in finance?
Which of the following represents a key application of analytics in finance?
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What is a dummy variable used for in data analysis?
What is a dummy variable used for in data analysis?
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What is the primary goal of identifying outliers in a dataset?
What is the primary goal of identifying outliers in a dataset?
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Which statistical method is commonly used to evaluate differences in mean values?
Which statistical method is commonly used to evaluate differences in mean values?
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In marketing analytics, what does customer segmentation involve?
In marketing analytics, what does customer segmentation involve?
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What is the function of pivot tables in data analysis?
What is the function of pivot tables in data analysis?
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How can Vlookup be utilized in data management?
How can Vlookup be utilized in data management?
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Which of the following best describes the purpose of Z-scores in data analysis?
Which of the following best describes the purpose of Z-scores in data analysis?
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What role does 'evaluative analytics' serve within management analytics?
What role does 'evaluative analytics' serve within management analytics?
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Study Notes
Data Work
- Types of Variables:
- Numerical Variables
- Dummy Variables
- Categorical Variables
- Continuous Variables
- String Variables (text)
- Outliers:
- What are outliers?
- Identifying outliers as part of data cleaning
- Identifying outliers as the goal of the empirical analysis
- Merging data combining variables from two datasets with a common variable
- Data Analyses:
- A/B Testing (Randomized Control Trials): Creating identical scenarios, varying one input, comparing outcomes. Can apply in real experiments or natural experiments.
- Z-scores: Used to identify outliers (good outliers = high performance, bad outliers = low performance)
- T-tests: Evaluating differences in mean values
- Descriptive and Diagnostic Analyses with Summary Stats
- Evaluating differences in quit rates and default rates across groups
- Excel Work:
- Pivot Tables
- Pivot Charts
- Vlookup (and/or Xlookup)
- Merge Data
- IF and IFS functions
- Creating Dummy Variables and Categorical Variables
Discipline-Specific Analytics
- Marketing:
- Market Research
- Customer Segmentation
- Recommendation Systems as customer segmentation
- Evaluating Marketing Campaigns
- Management:
- Evaluative Analytics (KPIs)
- Customer Churn Rates
- Inventory Analysis
- Evaluating Employee Performance
- Accounting:
- Financial Statements as Descriptive, Diagnostic, and Predictive Analysis
- Forensic Accounting (fraud detection)
- Finance:
- Valuing Assets (Fundamental and Technical Analysis)
- Assessing Financial Risks (Default, Insurance, Portfolio)
- Predicting Macro Aggregates (like interest rates)
- Economics:
- Analytics focus on understanding causality
- Testing economic theories and consumer behavior
- Evaluating competition in markets
- Estimating parameters for macroeconomic forecasting.
How Analytics Changes Business Disciplines
- Broad takeaway: Analytics provides new tools for existing business disciplines without changing their fundamental goals.
- Marketing: Market segmentation is more sophisticated, with personalized marketing via smartphones and social media.
- Management: Enables more effective management of people and processes, moving from reactionary to anticipatory management. Also helps make decisions less subjective.
- Accounting: More frequent reporting, moving towards advice and consulting rather than simply providing reports.
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Description
This quiz covers essential concepts in data analysis and Excel functionalities. It includes topics such as different types of variables, outlier identification, A/B testing, Z-scores, T-tests, and various Excel tools like Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP. Test your understanding of these key data analysis methods and Excel techniques.
