The Ohio State University

Data analytics applies fundamental scientific principles to the analysis of large, complex data sets. This rapidly growing field needs practitioners with expertise that cuts across core disciplines of computer science, mathematics and statistics and with highly developed critical-thinking, problem-solving and communication skills.

Data analytics includes the set of skills necessary to manage, represent and manipulate large, complex data stores; to abstract, model and effectively analyze such data; and to create quantitative visual cues to help explain and make informed decisions from those data. By making sense of a vast information landscape, data analytics is transforming the way we understand and interact with the world.