Adam J Wolf

My biggest takeaway from MIS 0855 is that understanding data is essential for successful business, and data will continue to drive innovation and the economy in the future. Understanding how data is relevant to your profession and learning to utilize programs such as Excel and Tableau can make you an invaluable asset to any company. If I had to…[Read more]

For Uber or Lyft:
Rows would be the customer IDs
Columns would be Driver ID, Cost of Trip, Time of Pickup, Time of Dropoff, and the Rating of Trip out of 5 stars

There have been a couple of instances where I have copied formulas that use relative coordinates when trying to make calculations using a set of data. When this happens, the formula doesn’t use the correct cells and there will be a miscalculation. Luckily, these problems have been easy for me to fix because the data sets I have worked with are…[Read more]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/02/06/is-data-science-too-easy/#2030f97292a9

I found this article interesting because it discusses data scientists in the current professional climate and offers insights about the occupation. The article goes on to explain the role of a data scientist and how they contribute to the field of data science…[Read more]

I believe the most important principle that Hoven provided is “View Diversely”. People utilize data visualizations to look and explore the data that as been gathered. The ultimate goal of viewing this data is to gain insights on the data and learn how the data can be used to better a process. It is incredibly important for those who view the…[Read more]

The most important takeaway of Maurice Whetstone’s talk was his insight on the importance of data. He frequently mentioned how members of his team would find “data nuggets”, and shared with us his personal experience of finding one of these “data nuggets” with the silver polish. For me, this really showed the importance of data analytics because…[Read more]