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This WGU Master of Science in Data Analytics Study Guide is a comprehensive resource created for Western Governors University graduate students. It compiles key course concepts, unit summaries, practice questions, and exam-focused material to help learners master the program’s curriculum more efficiently. Core topics include data mining, predictive modeling, machine learning, data visualization, statistical analysis, programming (Python, R, SQL), big data, and applied business analytics. The material is aligned with WGU’s program structure, making it ideal for preparing for performance assessments, objective exams, and capstone projects. Perfect for students enrolled in the WGU MS Data Analytics program, this guide saves valuable study time by focusing on high-yield content and real-world application. Whether used for structured study sessions, last-minute review, or ongoing coursework support, it helps learners build the knowledge and skills needed for academic and career success.

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The Data Analytics Journey Questions And 100% Correct Answers(verified




1. Data scientists are able to find , , and in unstruc-

tured data.: order, meaning, and value

2. What is involved in the planning phase ANS : 1. Defining goals

2. Organizing resources

3. Coordinate people

4. Schedule project

3. What is involved in the wrangling phase ANS : 5. Get data

6. Clean data

7. Explore data

8. Refine data

4. What is involved in the Modeling phase ANS : 9. Create model

10. Validate model

11. Evaluate model

12. Refine model



,5. What is involved in the Applying phase ANS : 13. Present model

14. Deploy model

15. Revisit model

16. Archive assets

6. are programming languages that are very fre-quently used for data

manipulation and modeling.: Python or R

7. are general-purpose languages that are used for the backend, the

foundational elementsterm-26 of data science, and they provide

maximum speed.: C, and C++, and Java

8. is a language for working with relational databas-es to do queries and

data manipulation.: SQL

9. What does SQL stand for ANS : structured query language

10. This is where you actually create the statistical model and you do the

linear regression. You do the decision tree. You do the deep learning neural

network.: Modeling

11. These are the developers, and the system architects, the people who fo-

cus on the hardware and the software that make data science possible: Data

engineers



,12. This is the phase of collecting data.: Data acquisition

13. Which phase? - Working with stakeholders to help them ask better ques-

tions so that both they and you understand the outcome.: Discovery






, 14. What are the 4 parts of data analytics cycle ANS : Planning, Wrangling,

Model-ing and Applying

15. This phase is also known as the discovery phase. During this phase, an

analyst defines the major questions of interest that need to be answered, un-

derstand the needs of the stakeholders, and assess the resource constraints

in the project.: Business understanding

16. is the person who champions the vision of theproject and has the

authority to allocate resources.: The project sponsor

17. is responsible for making sure things get done ontime and within

budget and removes roadblocks.: Project manager

18. is when new requirements are added to the project thatincreases the

time/resources needed to complete it.: Scope creep

19. What are the 3 types of analysis ANS : Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive

20. describes the data that is present. Mean,Median, Mode, counting things.

How many of each size and color of shirt were sold in the last month? Do

we sell more shirts in the summer vs winter ANS : Descriptive analysis

21. makes predictions about future state of busi- ness. Forecasting

volumes for example. Based on last summer and winter,what will we sell

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