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Adam Sclafani commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
The most important takeaway from this course in my opinion is the practical training on software that you may not have encountered before this class. They allow the user to not only recognize trends in data, but put them together in order to get a more complete story. The training in this class is generalized enough to be applied to just about…[Read more]
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Adam Sclafani commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
I frequently use Spotify. A good way to organize a Spotify spreadsheet would be to make each row its own song. Columns would each be details about the song. For example, these could be things like artist, featured artist, producer, name of the song, duration, release date, album, genre, number of plays, stream or download etc.
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Adam Sclafani commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2017/nov/05/america-terrorism-risk-global-data-new-york
This article is about the threat of terrorism. As we all probably know, terrorism is reported heavily in media, and unfortunately this creates the perception that it is much more common than it really is. The data in this article compares daily…[Read more]
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Adam Sclafani commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
I regularly use my grades on tests and assignments as a KPI. They are specific, written clearly as a percent and therefore easily measurable. They can be set as goals and therefore achievable, as well as relevant and time oriented by being broken down into semesters in at Temple working toward graduation.
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Adam Sclafani commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 6 years, 12 months ago
When I first began using excel, I made the mistake of using incorrect cell references in my formula. I had not learned how to use absolute cell references yet, and assumed that was the default. This was very frustrating, as my accounting assignments never seemed to end with the correct values, and rather than use the formulas, I would manually…[Read more]
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Adam Sclafani commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 1, on the site 7 years ago
This article is about the Equifax hack. It states that UK customers’ info was reached in far greater numbers than previously thought. Nearly 700,000 users were/ are affected. The reason why this article is so interesting, is…[Read more]
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Adam Sclafani posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
For some reason, it doesn’t seem like my first comment posted successfully, so this is attempt #2. I believe that “simplify is the most important of the 8. Very often we see data visualizations become bogged down with unnecessary information or imagery, and it diluted the main focus. This is completely counterproductive, as the purpose of a data…[Read more]
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Adam Sclafani posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
In my opinion, “simplify” is the most important of the 8. Too often data visualizations become too bogged down with unnecessary pieces, and the focus becomes diluted. Complex visualizations are counterproductive for this reason, as visualizations are supposed to and facilitate understanding of data.
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Adam Sclafani posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
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Adam Sclafani posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2017/jul/02/us-healthcare-broken-system-one-chart
The article I found focuses on the cost of healthcare in the U.S. compared to other nations, as well as relative life expectancy. Our healthcare is among the most expensive in the world, both to the government and the individual. To most, this may not…[Read more]