A student in a history class is creating an infographic about the civil war. He includes information on where battles took place, how long the battles lasted (on average), how many soldiers were involved from both sides, etc. What type of statistical analysis is this student using?

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Lyla Branch

13 September, 19:31

A student in a history class is creating an infographic about the civil war. He includes information on where battles took place, how long the battles lasted (on average), how many soldiers were involved from both sides, etc. What type of statistical analysis is this student using?

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Rachel Holland · Answer 1

Prescriptive Analytics

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Prescriptive Analytics is the area of data analytics that focuses on finding the best course of action in a scenario given the available data. It's related to both descriptive analytics and predictive analytics but emphasizes actionable insights instead of data monitoring. In this case, the student is using the historical data to to create infographic about the civil war.