UNIT–I: Introduction to Data Analytics
● Explain the Data Analytics Life Cycle with diagram.
● Differentiate between Structured, Semi-structured and Unstructured data.
● Describe Big Data and its characteristics (5V’s).
● Compare Traditional Analytics Architecture vs Modern Analytics Architecture.
● Differentiate between Analysis and Reporting.
● Explain different types of Data Analytics with examples.
● Sources of data in Data Analytics.
● Predictive vs Prescriptive Data Analytics.
UNIT–II: Data Analysis Techniques
● Explain Bayesian Data Analysis and its steps.
● Describe Bayesian Networks and their applications.
● Explain Multivariate Analysis techniques.
● Explain PCA and solve a numerical using PCA.
● Explain Prediction Error in classification and regression.
● Explain Support Vector Machines (SVM) – mathematical foundation.
● Explain Neural Network learning and generalization.
● Bias–Variance trade-off in machine learning.
UNIT–III: Mining Data Streams
● Explain the Architecture of Data Stream Model.
● Explain Flajolet–Martin Algorithm with example.
● Explain DGIM algorithm for counting ones in a window.
● Methods for counting distinct elements in a data stream.
● Explain Bloom Filter in data stream processing.
● Explain Filtering techniques in data streams.
● Explain Sampling techniques for stream data.
● Stream Processing vs Batch Processing.
UNIT–IV: Frequent Itemsets & Clustering
● Explain Apriori Algorithm with example.
● Solve numerical on Apriori – Frequent Itemsets & Association Rules.
● Why PCY algorithm is preferred over Apriori?
● Explain SON Algorithm.
● Explain K-Means Algorithm with numerical.
● Compare K-Means vs Hierarchical Clustering.
● Explain CLIQUE Algorithm.
● Compare CLIQUE vs ProCLUS clustering.
● Challenges of clustering in Non-Euclidean spaces.
UNIT–V: Frameworks, Visualization & R
● Explain MapReduce architecture and components.
● Explain HDFS architecture, NameNode and Heartbeat.
● Explain Hive architecture with features.
● Role of Hive in Hadoop ecosystem.
● Differentiate between RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
● Explain Sharding in NoSQL databases.
● Role of Visualization in Data Analytics.
● Interactive techniques in visual data mining.
● R graphical user interface and features.