Business Analyst: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Business analysts often notice patterns, like a shop selling more bikes when the weather gets warm!
Through history
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Long ago
People kept track of goods and trades by writing numbers on clay tablets and paper. Counting and recording numbers helped people understand their work.
Tools of the trade
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Spreadsheet
A big table on a computer with rows and columns. It holds lots of numbers so you can add them up and compare them.
A day in the job
- MorningThe analyst reads the news from the numbers: sales from yesterday and questions to ask the team today.
Quiz time
A business analyst only works with numbers and never talks to people.
Colorful graphs can help grown-ups see patterns in numbers.