The word analysis may be thrown around to get a better
understanding of things. When people see that he needs a expert opinion
on something, they ask for a analysis.
Data analysis might be the same. Numbers are hard to work with, especially if it's in a large quantities around you.
The main job of a Data Analyst would be to make sense of the world from the data.
A
good Data Analyst would know how to translate raw numbers into
intelligence that would drive real world problems. He can see the data
for what is stands for.
