Think about your current work environment or a future work environment. Upon reflection of these work environments, think about the types of technology driven software tools which could be used to analyze data collected and stored by these businesses or organizations.

Conduct some background research on three of the technology driven applications below to support any type of data analytics (descriptive, predictive, prescriptive, etc.):

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft BI

Rapid Miner

R-Programming

Python

Knime

Orange

Tableau Public

Tip: This class will use Microsoft Excel in many units, so it is recommended to select Microsoft Excel as one of the researched technologies.

After review of selected technology, give an example how these technologies may be used in any selected work environments / industries based on the type of business and or organization you are familiar with.