Today, we are living in a digital age where data is entangled into our lives in ways not technically possible or even imaginable before. From social media to mobile to the Internet of Things (IoT), humanity is living in what is commonly known as the information age. This age is where an exponentially growing of data about you is available to you instantaneously anywhere in the world. What has made this possible has been a combination of people and technology, including contributions from the Evolution of Data Analysis, which was introduced in Chapter 1, Fundamentals of Data Analysis.
It is commonly predicted by multiple sources that 80 percent of all of the data created around the world will be unstructured over the next few years. If you recall from Chapter 1,Fundamentals of Data Analysis., unstructured data is commonly defined as information that does not offer uniformity and pre-defined organization. Examples of unstructured...