FINAL BLOG
Wow These eight weeks flew by so fast! This was one of the most relevant and interesting courses I have taken so far. From articulating the characteristics of big data to analyzing networks and how it can be used as a tool for business analytics we have learned so many tools, concepts and techniques that are already helping me to gain a better understanding of businesses and how data analysis can or could be used as a tool in my work life as well as my passion projects. Let’s dive into all that we learned in our class in each module. Module 0: Introduction to business analytics In this module we learned what big data is, before this I wasn’t aware how ‘BIG’ big data actually is. We looked at the various sources of big data and the paradigm shift that it is causing today. These paradigm shifts include the ‘datafication’ of the world, rich in semantics and highly dynamic content and “N = ALL” with billions of users and massive traces of human activities We further explored the pr
