At a recent evening meetup a friend was describing to me three types of data analytics:
- Descriptive – What is happening now?
- Predictive – What will happen?
- Prescriptive – What should I do about it?
As you might guess analytics in this sense is a continuum. Start off with descriptive metrics and increase your analytics maturity by moving up the scale to predictive and eventually prescriptive numbers.
After the meetup I came home, a bit later than the usual weeknight. So as I walked into the house I was greeted by blast of stuffy hot Georgia summer air.
The Nest thermostat’s auto away had beat me again!
