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Terms and Definitions From Course 1, Module 3

The document defines various data professional roles such as an Analytics Team Manager, Business Intelligence Engineer, Chief Data Officer, and Data Engineer. It also includes definitions for common data concepts like active listening, data cleaning, interpersonal skills, and RACI charts which are used to define roles and responsibilities. Additionally, terms from previous modules are defined, such as artificial intelligence, data anonymization, data science, machine learning, and open data.

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Terms and Definitions From Course 1, Module 3

The document defines various data professional roles such as an Analytics Team Manager, Business Intelligence Engineer, Chief Data Officer, and Data Engineer. It also includes definitions for common data concepts like active listening, data cleaning, interpersonal skills, and RACI charts which are used to define roles and responsibilities. Additionally, terms from previous modules are defined, such as artificial intelligence, data anonymization, data science, machine learning, and open data.

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Glossary terms from module 3

Terms and definitions from Course 1,


Module 3
Active listening: Refers to allowing team members, leadership, and other collaborative stakeholders
to share their own points of view before offering responses

Analytics Team Manager: A data professional who supervises analytical strategy for an organization,
often managing multiple groups

Business Intelligence Analyst: (Refer to Business Intelligence Engineer)

Business Intelligence Engineer: A data professional who uses their knowledge of business trends and
databases to organize information and make it accessible; also referred to as a Business
Intelligence Analyst

Chief Data Officer: An executive-level data professional who is responsible for the consistency,
accuracy, relevancy, interpretability, and reliability of the data a team provides

Data cleaning: The process of formatting data and removing unwanted material

Data Engineer: A data professional who makes data accessible, ensures data ecosystems offer
reliable results, and manages infrastructure for data across enterprises

Data Scientist: A data professional who works closely with analytics to provide meaningful insights
that help improve current business operations

Interpersonal skills: Traits that focus on communicating and building relationships

Mentor: Someone who shares knowledge, skills, and experience to help another grow both
professionally and personally

RACI chart: A visual that helps to define roles and responsibilities for individuals or teams to ensure
work gets done efficiently; lists who is responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed for project
tasks

Terms and definitions from previous


modules
A
Aggregate information: Data from a significant number of users that has eliminated personal
information
Artificial intelligence (AI): Refers to computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require
human intelligence

D
Data anonymization: The process of protecting people's private or sensitive data by eliminating PII

Data professional: Any individual who works with data and/or has data skills

Data science: The discipline of making data useful

Data stewardship: The practices of an organization that ensure that data is accessible, usable, and
safe

E
Edge computing: A way of distributing computational tasks over a bunch of nearby processors (i.e.,
computers) that is good for speed and resiliency and does not depend on a single source of
computational power

H
Hackathon: An event where programmers and data professionals come together and work on a
project

J
Jupyter Notebook: An open-source web application used to create and share documents that contain
live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text

M
Machine learning: The use and development of algorithms and statistical models to teach computer
systems to analyze patterns in data

Metrics: Methods and criteria used to evaluate data

N
Nonprofit: A group organized for purposes other than generating profit; often aims to further a social
cause or provide a benefit to the public

O
Open data: Data that is available to the public and free to use, with guidance on how to navigate the
datasets and acknowledge the source

P
Personally identifiable information (PII): Information that permits the identity of an individual to be
inferred by either direct or indirect means

Python: A general-purpose programming language

S
Sample: A segment of a population that is representative of the entire population

T
Tableau: A business intelligence and analytics platform that helps people visualize, understand, and
make decisions with data

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