This post was originally published on The Data School blog between 2018 and July 2025, before our program was renamed to MIP’s Analytics Career Accelerator. References throughout this article to “The Data School” or “DS” all refer to what is now MIP’s Analytics Career Accelerator. The program, its people, and its commitment to launching outstanding analytics careers remain the same – just under a new name.
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Predictive analytics can be a complicated and confusing subject. However, within Alteryx is a toolset powerful enough to generate models that could predict the future. The role of analytics is to use data to discover solutions and answers to business questions. However, most of the time, data is used to simply explain the past or gain an understanding of current performance.