Data Analytics The process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data to discover useful information for decision-making. Descriptive statistics, Data visualization, BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) Provide actionable business insights and support decision-making. Analyzing sales data to identify market trends. Data Analysis The process of systematically applying statistical and logical techniques to describe and evaluate data. Excel, SQL, R, Python (Pandas, Numpy ), Statistical tests Understand specific questions and extract relevant information from raw data. Finding correlations between different sales factors. Data Mining The process of discovering patterns, correlations, and anomalies in large datasets, using techniques at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems. Algorithms ( Apriori , Decision Trees, K-Means), Python, R Extract patterns and knowledge from large datasets to predict future trends. Analyzing customer purchase behavior for segmentation. Data Science A multidisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, and systems to extract insights from structured and unstructured data. Machine Learning (scikit-learn, TensorFlow), Data Engineering (SQL, Hadoop), Statistics Derive insights, create predictive models, and guide strategic decisions using data. Building a recommendation engine for an e-commerce platform. Machine Learning A subset of AI, involving systems that learn from data and improve performance over time without being explicitly programmed for every task. Supervised Learning (Regression, Classification), Unsupervised Learning (Clustering, PCA), Deep Learning Automate decision-making, build predictive models, and enable AI. Predicting loan defaults based on customer profiles. Big Data Refers to extremely large and complex datasets that cannot be processed with traditional data-processing techniques. Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL databases, Distributed computing Manage, process, and analyze massive amounts of data efficiently. Analysing social media data for sentiment analysis Term Definition Key Techniques/Tools Focus/Objective Examples of Usage