Descriptive analytics is the process of analyzing data to find trends and patterns that support decision-making, monitoring, and other initiatives. It's the most fundamental building block of data ...

Let me be upfront: this post will contain statistics. Not the fun, pithy kind like “60 percent of statistics are made up on the spot,” but actual cold, hard statistical practices. Joking aside, I’m ...

From counting steps with a smartwatch to visiting this website, nearly everything we do generates data. But just collecting statistics, measurements and other numbers and storing the information is ...

In this special guest feature, Will Fellers, Product Manager at Quantum Spatial Inc., explores different types of analytics – descriptive, predictive and prescriptive – and discusses how companies can ...

Divya Malhotra, director of analytics and innovation at Connecticut-based Stamford Health, spoke with Becker’s Hospital Review about deploying data to clinicians and seizing the power of descriptive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a Customer Experience Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker. Understanding your customers when there’s only a handful isn’t ...

Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data. It comprises the processes, tools, and techniques of data analysis and management, including the collection, organization, and ...

African American adolescents are disproportionately represented in urban public housing developments. These neighborhoods are generally characterized by high rates of poverty, crime, violence, and ...