Unit 1: Introduction to Data Analytics
This unit introduces the fundamentals of data analytics:
- Types of Data: Structured, Semi-structured, Unstructured.
- Sources of Data: Internal, External, Primary, Secondary, Real-time.
- Applications: Business, Healthcare, E-commerce, Social media.
- Data Analytics Lifecycle: Data Collection, Cleaning, Exploration, Modeling, Evaluation,
Deployment.
Unit 2: Data Analysis Techniques
This unit focuses on core data analysis algorithms:
- Regression (Linear, Logistic): Predict continuous or binary outcomes.
- Classification (SVM, Decision Trees): Assign labels to data.
- Bayesian Modeling: Probabilistic models for predictions.
- Neural Networks: Deep learning for image, speech, text.
- Fuzzy Logic: Handling uncertain or imprecise data.
Unit 3: Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) includes:
- Data Cleaning: Removing nulls, duplicates.
- Data Transformation: Normalization, Encoding.
- Statistical Summaries: Mean, Median, Std Dev, Outliers.
- Visualization Tools: Bar charts, Box plots, Heatmaps.
Unit 4: Frequent Itemsets and Clustering
This unit explains data mining techniques:
- Apriori Algorithm: Candidate generation + support counting.
- FP-Growth: Tree-based frequent pattern mining.
- K-Means: Partition data into K clusters based on distance.
- Hierarchical Clustering: Bottom-up or top-down dendrograms.
- Association Rules: Extract insights like "if X then Y".
Unit 5: Frameworks and Visualization Tools
Big data and visualization:
- Hadoop: HDFS + MapReduce for big data storage and processing.
- Spark: Faster than Hadoop using in-memory operations.
- R Language: Used for statistical computing and graphics.
- Tableau & Power BI: Tools for business intelligence and data storytelling.