Forbes Advisor's guide to the best data analytics tools and software available today.

Big data analytics examines large amounts of data to uncover hidden patterns, correlations and other insights. With today’s technology, it’s possible to analyze your data and get answers from it almost immediately – an effort that’s slower and less efficient with more traditional business intelligence solutions.

The GDELT Project is the largest, most comprehensive, and highest resolution open database of human society ever created. Just the 2015 data alone records nearly three quarters of a trillion emotional snapshots and more than 1.5 billion location references, while its total archives span more than 215 years, making it one of the largest open-access spatio-temporal datasets in existence and pushing the boundaries of "big data" study of global human society.

Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.

Qlik’s one-of-a-kind Associative technology brings unmatched power to the core of our industry-leading analytics experience. Empower all your users to explore freely at the speed of thought with hyperfast calculations, always in context, at scale.

Quora provides large datasets open to the public including links to single datasets.

Tableau helps people see and understand data. Our visual analytics platform is transforming the way people use data to solve problems.

Introductory discussion of data analytics and its uses.

The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.” It is the second-oldest, continuously operating professional association in the country. Since it was founded in Boston in 1839, the ASA has supported excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy.

The association is dedicated to growing along with the industry to reflect the needs of our members. We are sharpening the focus of the Digital Analytics Association’s activities based on the needs of our unique business community. We are improving pre-existing programs and adding new ones that cater to multi-channel data analytics.

Our mission is to promote data science to improve life, business and government. Our guiding principles set the aspirations that we endeavor to achieve:
•Setting standards for the ethical professional practice of data science.
•Assuring base-level data scientist competency.
•Advancing data science to serve core values of the scientific method and noblesse oblige.
•Helping to shape a better future - not just for the powerful, but for the majority of people.

IIBA® is the non-profit professional association dedicated to the field of business analysis. Through a global network, IIBA connects over 29,000+ Members and more than 300 Corporate Members and 120 Chapters. As the voice of the business analysis community, IIBA supports the recognition of the profession and discipline and works to maintain the global standard for the practices and certification.