The simplest definition of Analytics is "the science of analysis". In reality, the word "Analytics" has not been properly defined by the professional community and may mean different things to different people. A simple and practical definition, however, would be how an entity(i.e., business) arrives at the most optimal or realistic decision from a variety of available options, based on existing data. Business managers may choose to make decisions based on past experiences or rule of thumb, or there might be other qualitative aspects to decision making; but unless there is data involved in the process, it would be considered beyond the purview of analytics. Another definition could be that Analytics is a field of study / profession that has applications in any field (business / social / political / home) where data is available.
Common applications of Analytics include the study of business data using statistical analysis in order to discover and understand historical patterns with an eye to predicting and improving business performance in the future.
Paul : I updated the computer while fixing it for you
Barbra: Thanks to your analytical skills my computer is twice as fast !
By Claudelle
Analytic
Adj.
(said of judgments)
Something that is so because it has to be so, as opposed to something that merely happens to be so.
That I was born on my birthday is analytic. That I was born on a Tuesday is synthetic. (After Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 1781)
The theory of the analytic-synthetic dichotomy presents men with the following choice: If your statement is proved, it says nothing about that which exists; if it is about existents, it cannot be proved.
A terrifying and disgusting combination of statistics and chemistry that will crush your social/sex life into nothingness. This is assuming, however, that said person had one before this class.
person1: Hey bro! last night was crazy! what did you end up doing?
Person #1 Google keeps tabs on everyone.
Person #2 Flurry Analytics has even more data about people, which is hard to believe because Google can now access data about the temperature inside your home.
By Clovis
Creative-analytic
A unique individual who has engineer like analytical qualities, but can leave the pocket protector on Amazon and develop creative solutions to complex and often times people based problems
Renaldo was really creative in his solution to that complex problem involving the space-time continuum. He is a rare and valuable, creative-analytic
By Koral
Analytical Geometry
One of the precursors of Calculus that is extraordinarily tidied and boring. It has little to do with regular Geometry in regard to it being a Mathematical Hierarchy in school.
It's mostly leftover randomonium from Trigonometry that has to be learned to take Calculus.
The only people who wind up taking this are people who could get through Geometry in the first place (which is why there are less definitions of this than regular "Geometry").
Since math is in logical form, studies of shapes are mathematical; therefore, this fits the description and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot-of-all-trades for not recognizing that (which are a lot of the definitions of "Geometry").
Guy 1: "The only math class I could take this semester that was available is Analytical Geometry."
Guy 2: "Well, I'll see ya in about ten months from now, when you pass it."
Based on brony13's past analytical auction behavior (AAB), he most likely will up his bid in the last 2 minutes of the auction so I have to be ready to counter his offer till the bidding closes.
