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WGU D204 TASK 1 | PASSED ON 2ND
ATTEMPT | LATEST UPDATE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION ALREADY GRADED
A+

In what phase does the analyst deal with the following:



Central Tendency/ Measures of center (e.g., mean, median, mode),
variability (e.g., standard deviations and quartiles) and distributions
(e.g., normal, skewed, etc)

Identify basic correlations between variables

Pattern discovery - ANSWERS-Data exploration/Exploratory Data
Analysis(EDA)/Descriptive Statistics



In what phase does the analyst deal with the following:



Estimate/project future values or likelihood of an event.

Extend correlations found in EDA to mathematical models

Predict/determine output values based on input values

Cross-validation of predictive models to ensure accuracy. - ANSWERS-
Predictive Modeling/Data Modeling/Correlation based
models/Regression models/Time Series



In what phase does the analyst deal with the following:

,Creating training and testing datasets to build models from

Identify/detect patterns

Determine if groups (clusters) exist in data

Classify data into groups

Create models that "learn" and improve (e.g., machine/deep learning,
AI, etc) - ANSWERS-Data Mining/Machine Learning/AI/Supervised,
Unsupervised Models

Which of these is NOT a topic of interest for
Discovery/Planning/Business Understanding?

A. Project Scope

B. Identify stakeholders and research questions/KPIs

C. Build a data pipeline (ETL)

D. Identify timeline, budget, and participants - ANSWERS-C



What is a potential problem to consider in the planning phase?

A. Lack of clear focus on stakeholders, timeline, limitations, and
budget

B. Quality and type of data may make access more difficult

C. Some cleaning techniques could dramatically change
data/outcomes

D. Outliers not dealt with can cause problems with statistical models
due to excessive variability. - ANSWERS-A

, In what phase does the analyst identify the stake holders and research
questions? - ANSWERS-Business Understanding/Planning/Discovery



In what phase does the analyst deal with the following:



Gather/collect data from a variety of sources

Provide structure to data accessible via relational databases (SQL)

Build data pipeline (ETL)

Use of API to download data from an external source - ANSWERS-Data
acquisition



In what phase does the analyst deal with the following:



Fixing improperly formatted values

Dealing with duplicates, missing data, and outliers

Data reduction - ANSWERS-Data cleaning/wrangling/scrubbing/munging




In what phase does the analyst deal with the following:



Tell a story with data

Provide a summary of analytic analysis

Provide insights to stakeholders
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