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Jillian Thompson commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
This course taught me that data is everywhere and that are many different ways in which that data can be analyzed. One main takeaway with this is that when analyzing data it is important to make sure that the information within your data set is correct and that there are no mistakes. This ensures that the data does not become “dirty”. In…[Read more]
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Jillian Thompson commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 6 months ago
A data-driven source that I use almost every day is Amazon. I buy multiple items from this company a week. if I was to put my order history into a spreadsheet I would put the products I bought into the rows and for the columns, I would put in details such as price, customer rating, and the category the product falls in and its shipping and arrival dates.
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Jillian Thompson commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
A KPI that I use on a daily basis is the amount of MB of cellular data that I use when not in WIFI. This is a prime example of a KPI because it is both specific and measurable. It tracks that amount of data I use each time I open a web page or app the requires an internet connection. Since I do not have an unlimited data plan each day I check to…[Read more]
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Jillian Thompson commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
The one mistake that I have made many times in the past is #3 Start working on the database without doing a full backup first. This past summer I spent several weeks doing work in excel for my internship. I automatically assumed that the computer systems would have already had a backup set in place in case I lost my work. However, when I was…[Read more]
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Jillian Thompson posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 months ago
I believe of the 8 principles discussed in Hoven article the most important is “view diversely.” My reasoning behind this is because for one to really understand and grasp the true meaning of a particular data set one must be able to understand it from many different points of view. Understanding a data set that can be shown through many…[Read more]
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Jillian Thompson posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/07/technology/business/equifax-data-breach/index.html
Over the past week a huge data breach occurred within the company Equifax. Equifax is a credit reporting agency in the USA. When the breach occurred, cyber criminals were able to access financial information such as credit card and social security numbers from…[Read more]
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Jillian Thompson posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
I remember from when I was in high school people would always say that you have to have extremely high grades to get into specific colleges. This I believe is a prime example on conventional wisdom because although intelligence is a major deciding factor in the admissions process, nowadays it seems that many elite colleges are accepting students…[Read more]