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Unit 5-Introduction to Big Data and Data Analytics

School Revise · Class 12 Artificial Intelligence · Unit 5

Introduction to Big Data and Data Analytics

Code 843, Class 12. Big data is huge amounts of data, and analytics finds meaning in it. Here we learn both.

3 Vs

volume, velocity, variety

analytics

find meaning

What this unit is about

Big data is data so large and fast that ordinary tools cannot handle it. Data analytics studies data to find useful patterns and meaning.

1. The three Vs of big data

Big data is described by three Vs: Volume (how much), Velocity (how fast it arrives) and Variety (many types, such as text, images and numbers).

2. Types of analytics

Descriptive analytics says what happened, predictive analytics says what may happen next, and prescriptive analytics suggests what to do.

3. Where big data is used

Big data is used by shopping sites (recommendations), banks (fraud), hospitals (health trends) and cities (traffic), to make better decisions.

Practise with the interactive

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Practice set A, multiple choice

1. Data too large for ordinary tools is …

big data.

2. How much data there is is the … V.

Volume.

3. Analytics that says what may happen next is …

predictive.

4. Studying data to find patterns is …

data analytics.

Practice set B, short answer

1. What is big data?

Data so large and fast that ordinary tools cannot handle it.

2. Name the three Vs of big data.

Volume, Velocity and Variety.

3. What is predictive analytics?

Analytics that predicts what may happen next.

Quick summary

Big data is data so large and fast that ordinary tools cannot handle it, described by the three Vs: Volume, Velocity and Variety. Data analytics studies data to find patterns: descriptive (what happened), predictive (what may happen) and prescriptive (what to do). Big data is used by shopping sites, banks, hospitals and cities to make better decisions.

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