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Kasandra Wise changed their profile picture 8 hours, 55 minutes ago
Wlliam P Trost commented on the post, Class 1, on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 9 hours, 18 minutes ago

Q1. Information is important because if you can’t understand the data in front of you, then it’s useless and a waste of time and money. Information gives that data meaning and information creates less confusion, […]
Kasandra Wise commented on the post, Class 1, on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 9 hours, 23 minutes ago

In response to the first question information is most valuable to an organization. Analyzing and applying information will allow an organization to operate successfully. A business can have tons of data, but […]
Khushbu N. Shah commented on the post, Class 1, on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 11 hours, 7 minutes ago

I believe data is more important to an organization instead of information. With data you are able to create different sets of information each time. An information can be used once, whereas data can be used to […]
Sebastian A. Bereanu commented on the post, Class 1, on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 12 hours, 19 minutes ago

I see your point and you make a valid argument. This question is similar to the Chicken or the Egg dilemma…aka a paradox.
Steven L. Johnson wrote a new post, Gamification of MIS3538: Social Media Innovation, on the site Steven L. Johnson blogs 12 hours, 43 minutes ago

Gamification in Higher Education
Is it possible to use gamification to motivate students above and beyond grades?

These students in my class certainly think so:

“The Quest was an amazing experience. Being […]
Yili Hong wrote a new post, May 21: Things You Can Do With Data and Information Architecture, on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 14 hours, 42 minutes ago

Here are the slides for the first lecture on data.

Another slide on Information Architecture will also be discussed. please read the slides before class so you have a general idea of what we will be talking […]
Yili Hong wrote a new post, Class 1 , on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 16 hours, 52 minutes ago

Answer one of the following questions as a comment on this post.

What do you think is more important to an organization: data or information (don’t say “both” – choose one!!)? Explain why.
Give an example in […]
Yili Hong wrote a new post, Creating a SAS Account (Enterprise Miner), on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 16 hours, 55 minutes ago

We will be working with SAS Enterprise Miner tool for the Data Analytics part. To do this, you need to create an account with SAS. The instructions are provided here (click here).

The registration is free but […]
Nicole Vidra commented on the post, Class 1, on the site Course Blog on Data Analytics 17 hours, 15 minutes ago

Although I agree with everyone saying you need data to have information but if you just have data and don’t know what to turn that data into, does this really help the company? Information is key because its an […]