{"id":1212,"date":"2026-03-22T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-473092-1485251.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:17:27","slug":"the-4-types-of-data-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/the-4-types-of-data-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Types of Data Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1212\" class=\"elementor elementor-1212\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71677c6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71677c6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77b0a833\" data-id=\"77b0a833\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215fed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"215fed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/ZZcHrnuiMQA&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64d4d822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64d4d822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(A <a href=\"http:\/\/data-mania.com\/blog\/business-intelligence-vs-data-science\/\">vlog post<\/a> on data analytics)<\/p>\nThis vlog piece was filmed in Penang, Malaysia and introduces viewers to the 4 types of data analytics.\n<h1>The 4 Types of Data Analytics<\/h1>\n<h2>Descriptive<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Answers the question, &#8220;What Happened?&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Diagnostic<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Commonly used in engineering and sciences to diagnose &#8220;what went wrong?&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Predictive<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Used to predict for future trends and events based on statistical or mathematical modeling of current and historical data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Prescriptive<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Used to tell you what to do to achieve a desired result.<\/li>\n \t<li>Based on the findings of predictive analytics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nLearn more about big data and data science in my newly released book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1118841557\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=1118841557&amp;link_code=as3&amp;tag=datamania-20&amp;linkId=Z743WAU7G6M4JFA3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Science for Dummies<\/a>. 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