Data analytics fundamentals — descriptive vs predictive

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're looking at a dashboard showing last month's sales — that's descriptive analytics, telling you what happened. 📊

2. 2

   Which analytics describes what happened in the past?

3. 3

   Here's a simple example: a bar chart of last week's coffee sales ☕ vs a line graph forecasting next week's sales. 📉

4. 4

   A shop sold 200 cups of coffee on Monday, 250 on Tuesday, 300 on Wednesday. A model predicts 350 on Thursday. Which is descriptive, which is predictive?

5. 5

   Drag the labels to the correct chart: 'What happened' or 'What might happen'.

6. 6

   A weather forecast predicting rain tomorrow is an example of which type of analytics?

7. 7

   A report showing how many users visited your website last month is which type?