Alexandria M Freeman

In my opinion the most important takeaway from this class is how important data is in our daily lives and how it affects our lives. I had learned that data is a part of my life in more ways than one such as in social media. The data I produce on social media can change what will show up on my feed and advertised for me. I also learned how mistakes…[Read more]

A data driven service is one I use while working at an insurance agency the service is called D-Base. This is a service that is a collection of all the costumers information, policies, the employees hours, just about everything that is part of the business. If I had to create a spread sheet the first would be for customers with columns that could…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-question-from-a-toddler-why-am-i-right-handed/
This article is a start of a series of questions toddlers ask since they hold so much curiosity. They try to explain what causes us to be right and left handed. This sparked my interest since it is one of those looming question in life that we just assume…[Read more]

I use the KPI of how much time I spend on studying and school work while still being able to maintain a social life. This is specific and measurable in accordance to what classes are easier for me or ones that I have trouble with. Since I know that I struggle with math I will take more time to complete that work during the week instead of pushing…[Read more]

In my experience with working with data I have not made any of these mistakes or I had possibly fixed them before they became relevant. Out of all of these I believe #3: Start working on a data base without doing full backup first is most important. Saving frequently is a habit I have began to form since high school. The computers were not always…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/not-all-privacy-policies-are-created-equal/
This article elaborates on how there are differences in privacy policies. I had found this data interesting since our class discussions on privacy breaches and the filter bubble. This data was interesting because I had never realizes that the policies are actually…[Read more]

In my opinion, the most important principal is to be skeptical. We learned from our discussion on bias and the signal problem that not all data can be trusted completely. Data can become catered to the individual searching for it just from search history. It is important to look further into the sources the data originally came from. Just…[Read more]

During last weeks discussion on the bias and signal problem I think the most important takeaway was that most data is unreliable according to bias. Just from looking at the different reviews of Universities in our area I found that most reviews were from current students or alumni with only positive comments which is extremely biased. I have been…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-we-headed-for-another-recession/
I found this article interesting because it was seeming that the economy was starting to patch up a bit. This article proves other wise stating how the Stock Market had the worst start of all time. Our economy only seems strong on the surface. Showing how big data like what…[Read more]

The data set I found was the locations of all the Indego Bikeshare Stations in Philadelphia.
I found this data set on https://www.opendataphilly.org/.
I found it interesting for these bikes can be used to navigate basically anywhere in the city. Getting from point A to B in a healthy environmentally friendly fashion.
I learned that these bike…[Read more]

“Money can’t buy happiness” is an example of a common piece of conventional wisdom. To test how true this statement is, I would collect data from each of the social classes of “high class”, “middle class”, and “low/poverty class”. Using questions to see if what brings them happiness is material items that are bought or the love and relationships…[Read more]