Alexander J Brennan

I think the most important takeaway from this course is the hands on experience of analyzing and cleaning data. The softwares we used in the course actually taught me how to make use of the topics we learned throughout the course and gave me the ability to apply the stuff we learned. I am now able to use Tableau, Excel, and Piktochart because this…[Read more]

1. Are NFL pocket quarterbacks more successful than NFL running quarterbacks?
2. Alex Brennan, Zachary Kressler, Robert Snyder, Jonathan Ganon

Canvas is a data driven service used daily by Temple students. Each row in the spreadsheet would represent classes the student is enrolled in. Some of the data columns would be syllabus, schedule, grades, assignments, and announcements.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/people-are-skeptical-of-the-gops-tax-bill-can-trump-change-their-minds/

This article is interesting to me because it discusses Trump’s tax bill and I am an accounting major and am doing a project that has to deal with the tax reform. Only 25% of people believe the tax plan is a good idea, but that is pretty…[Read more]

One example of a KPI that I use on a regular basis is the number of miles I ride my bicycle and the average speed. This is specific and measurable because it tracks the exact number of miles I ride, and the exact average speed of my ride. It is achievable because I can set a goal of how fast and how far I want to go on my ride. It is relevant to…[Read more]

When I was creating an expense report at my internship this summer, I was copying information from Microsoft NAV and did not include all the columns. Because the information from NAV was sorted differently than the excel sheet, I had to copy and past the correct columns and rows into the correct columns and rows in the excel file. By copy and…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-do-americans-feel-about-the-nfl-protests-it-depends-on-how-you-ask/
This is an interested article to me because it shows how our elected officials feel about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. President Trump tweeted that players should be fired if they did not stand for the anthem, and now…[Read more]

I believe “Simplify” is the most important of the 8 principles. Without simplifying the data, we should just have unnecessary data scattered all over the place. Simplifying the data makes it easier to visualize and organize key data needed to answer questions.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/datablog/2017/jan/06/tracking-the-cost-uk-and-european-commuter-rail-fares-compared-in-data
This article describes the tracking costs workers spend on rail passes in the UK and Europe. The data in this article shows that traveling costs can cost as much as 14% of their wages for monthly rail passes. Data shows…[Read more]

One piece of conventional wisdom I’ve heard is “money can’t buy you happiness.” As some people may believe this is true, I would test it by developing a list of 150 people (3 from each state, and 1 person from each economic class) and sending them a survey to be filled out. Questions will be constructed to figure out: 1. if they believe in this…[Read more]