Introduction to Rapid Insight Analytics Basic Training

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Introduction toRapid Insight AnalyticsBasic
Training
A Presentation toDr. Virginia Carson, Vice
President for Academic Affairs, GHC

• Presenter Ms. Tripti Devkota
• Institutional Research Assessment Systems
  Analyst
• Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning
  Research
• GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE
• Dr. Fitzpatrick U. Anyanwu, Director

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Topics to be covered

• What is Rapid Insight Analytics
• Extracting/Importing Data Into Rapid Insights
• Creating an Analysis
• Control Panel
• The Variable Statistics Window
• Analyzing Data
• Univariate Analysis
• Rapid Insight Reports Reporting
• Summary Conclusion

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Extracting and Importing Data Into Rapid Insight

• Data can be extracted directly or indirectly as
  follows
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• 1) Direct connection to a database.
• 2) Offsite extraction from a database and into
  Rapid Insight (Excel, etc).
• 3) Creating Text Data Files.

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Creating an Analysis

• An analysis can be opened in three steps
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• 1) Click on the open dataset button.
• 2) Next, click on the green button that says
  load variables.
• 3) Click on the green button that says create
  analysis.

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Control Panel

• Choose a Y variable
• Set filters
• Change Variable Types
• Change model availability
• Set outlier caps

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Showing Variable Statistics

• The variable statistics window shows statistics
  for each of the numeric variables in the dataset
• Calculates the mean, standard deviation, minimum
  value, maximum value, coefficient of variation,
  number of missings, number of observations, and
  the range of each variable

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Analyzing Data

• A view of entire dataset
• Sort
• Aggregate

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Univariate Analysis

• The distribution of any variable in the dataset
• Categorical the counts/percentages for each of
  the categories of that variable
• Continuous numeric software will create bins by
  taking the variables highest and lowest value and
  splitting the data into ranges based on high/low
  values

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Rapid Insight Reports Reporting

• Any graphs, charts or analyses can be captured
• Can be exported to PowerPoint presentation or a
  Rapid Insight Report

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Summary Conclusion

• Extracting/Importing Data Into Rapid Insights
• Creating an Analysis
• Control Panel
• The Variable Statistics Window
• Analyzing Data
• Univariate Analysis
• Rapid Insight Reports Reporting
• Summary Conclusion