What is Watson Analytics
It is an All-in-One Tool unlike anything out in the Academic marketplace. While
it's not intended to replace deep traditional analytical tools taught in school
like SPSS or SAS, it's a good way to introduce predictive analytics to students
and non-analyst type students. Puts analytical skills in the hands of students
beyond the traditional Analytics degree programs.
- With Watson Analytics, you can:
- · Use natural language processing to explore your data by choosing a question
provided to you or typing one in English and getting answers.
- · Quickly assemble key insights as visualizations or infographics and turn them into powerful stories
that elegantly and effectively communicate your points.
- · Explore data and insights to the maximum by getting insights into the insights and using predictive and
cognitive analytics capabilities to discover the drivers that matter most and
much more.
- · Analyze Twitter data to understand social sentiment and spot external
trends that could affect your field.
Enablement Options
We have many different enablement methods for instructors. This includes YouTube
videos, the Watson Analytics Community, a step-by-step workbook, a faculty curriculum
guide, weekly webinars, an online course, and virtual demos if needed.
The Curriculum Guide provides exercises that can fit into any existing course
curriculum. It is recommended that concepts be covered in as little as 2 weeks
or as long as an entire course that includes a capstone project.
Getting Started Tutorial provides a shorter tutorial that will get users familiar
on how to do high level features and functionalities.
Library
of how-to videos on YouTube
Webinars to hear on-demand webinars or live ones every Thursday
Watson Analytics Resources
Big Data University Resources
Workbook w/dataset: pdf copy of the workbook and accompanying
data set