WGU D468- Discovering Data | 2026 Update
Questions with complete solutions.
Data
A collection of facts
Data Analysis
The collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make
predictions, and drive informed decision-making
Data Analyst
Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to help make informed decisions
Data Analytics
the science of data
People analytics
The practice of collecting and analyzing data on the people who make up a company's workforce
in order to gain insights to improve how the company operates.
six steps of the data analysis process
Ask, Prepare, Process, Analyze, Share, Act
Ask phase
Work to understand the challenge to be solved or the question to be answered. Likely be
assigned to you by stakeholders
,Prepare phase
Find and collect the data you'll need to answer your questions. Identify data sources, gather data,
and verify that it is accurate and useful.
Process phase
Clean and organize your data. Removing any inconsistencies, filling in missing values, changing
data to a format that's easier to work with.
Analyze phase
Doing the necessary data analysis to uncover answers and solutions. Also examining trends and
patterns.
Share phase
When you present your findings to decision-makers through a report, presentation, or data
visualizations. You also decide which medium you want to share your findings and select the
data to include.
Act phase
Putting the data insights into action. This could mean, implementing a new business strategy,
making changes to a website, or any other action that solves the initial problem.
Data ecosystems
The various elements that interact with one another in order to produce, manage, store, organize,
analyze, and share data
Cloud
, A place to keep data online, rather than a computer hard drive
Data science
Creating new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown by using raw data
Data analytics
the science of data
Data-driven decision making
Using facts to guide business strategy
Gut instinct
An intuitive understanding of something with little or no explanation
Analytical skills
Qualities and characteristics associated with using facts to solve problems
Context
How you group things into categories
Technical mindset
The ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly
and logical way
Data design
how you organize information
Data strategy
Questions with complete solutions.
Data
A collection of facts
Data Analysis
The collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make
predictions, and drive informed decision-making
Data Analyst
Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to help make informed decisions
Data Analytics
the science of data
People analytics
The practice of collecting and analyzing data on the people who make up a company's workforce
in order to gain insights to improve how the company operates.
six steps of the data analysis process
Ask, Prepare, Process, Analyze, Share, Act
Ask phase
Work to understand the challenge to be solved or the question to be answered. Likely be
assigned to you by stakeholders
,Prepare phase
Find and collect the data you'll need to answer your questions. Identify data sources, gather data,
and verify that it is accurate and useful.
Process phase
Clean and organize your data. Removing any inconsistencies, filling in missing values, changing
data to a format that's easier to work with.
Analyze phase
Doing the necessary data analysis to uncover answers and solutions. Also examining trends and
patterns.
Share phase
When you present your findings to decision-makers through a report, presentation, or data
visualizations. You also decide which medium you want to share your findings and select the
data to include.
Act phase
Putting the data insights into action. This could mean, implementing a new business strategy,
making changes to a website, or any other action that solves the initial problem.
Data ecosystems
The various elements that interact with one another in order to produce, manage, store, organize,
analyze, and share data
Cloud
, A place to keep data online, rather than a computer hard drive
Data science
Creating new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown by using raw data
Data analytics
the science of data
Data-driven decision making
Using facts to guide business strategy
Gut instinct
An intuitive understanding of something with little or no explanation
Analytical skills
Qualities and characteristics associated with using facts to solve problems
Context
How you group things into categories
Technical mindset
The ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly
and logical way
Data design
how you organize information
Data strategy
