{"id":17,"date":"2026-04-16T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/blog\/points\/business-analytics-foundations-descriptive-exploratory-and-explanatory-analytics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:09:39","slug":"business-analytics-foundations-descriptive-exploratory-and-explanatory-analytics","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/points\/business-analytics-foundations-descriptive-exploratory-and-explanatory-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Analytics Foundations: Descriptive, Exploratory, and Explanatory Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69e036a0-de44-832c-8365-94a7c5333c62-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-48\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"68b18ee4-ba88-4da7-992b-4d2ab107167f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-4-thinking\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"11\" data-end=\"415\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">I completed this LinkedIn Learning course to build a stronger understanding of business analytics and how data can support better decisions. I found it helpful to learn the difference between descriptive, exploratory, and explanatory analytics and how each one can be used in real situations. This connects well to my MIS coursework and can also help me in future business analysis or data-focused roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/yboudour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}