Assignment # 1

Quitlong, Angeli Claire C.

2nd yr 1C
Question:
1. What is Data Analytics?
Answer:
1. Data Analytics is the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions
about that information. Data Analytics is used in many industries to allow companies and
organization to make better business decisions and in the sciences to verify or disprove existing
models or theories. Data Analytics is distinguished from data mining by the scope, purpose and
focus of analysis. Data miners sort through huge data sets using sophisticated software to
identify undiscovered patterns and establish hidden relationships. Data Analytics focuses on
inference, the process of deriving a conclusion based solely on what is already known by the
researcher. It is generally divided into exploratory data analysis, where new features in the data
are discovered, and confirmatory data analysis where existing hypotheses are proven true or
false. The term Analytics has been used by many business intelligence software vendors as a
buzzword to describe quite different functions.
Question:
2. How is Data Analytics use in NBA?
Answer:
Data Analytics is being used not only in business but also in sports. There is a huge competitive
advantage to knowing the opponents next step. Data Analytics is used per game in NBA for the
statistics regarding the performance of each individual player. Also, it is used to create forecasts
or predictions of the game. This will be very helpful to the players of every team in NBA because
they are able to make better decisions on how they are going to play the game based on
predictability. The performance of each player is being recorded, in order to know their rankings
in their team. The NBA uses Data Analytics in order to draw conclusions and predict their
strategies based on the performance of the players.