Data Analytics

3-tier architecture

  1. Presentation tier - layer that interacts with the client.
  2. Logic tier - layer that performs calculations.
  3. Data tier - storage at which data is retrieved.

Data visualisation

  • Von Restorff effect
  • Hicks law

Types of dashboards:

  1. Strategic - tunnel vision focused on directing your audience's thoughts
  2. Analytical - display as much and as concise as possible
  3. Operational - display data as close to real-time as possible with threshold lines

Types of data:

  1. Quantitative
  2. Qualitative