Analytics is the discipline of discovering, interpreting, and communicating meaningful patterns in data. It includes descriptive analytics that explain what happened, diagnostic analytics that examine why it happened, predictive analytics that estimate future outcomes, and prescriptive analytics that recommend actions.
The discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. It includes descriptive analytics(what it happen?), diagnostic analytics(Why it happen?), predictive analytics(using the model to predict the result in the future.) and prescriptive analytics(giving suggestions according to the prediction).