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Alyssa Laufer 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 is that data is everywhere. Before really learning about data in depth, you don’t realize how much data surrounds you on a day-to-day basis, but it really is everywhere and people are always analyzing it whether they want to or not. In my opinion, gaining hard skills within actual data a…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
Article: http://flowingdata.com/2017/10/19/american-daily-routine/
This data visualization focuses on different types of activities people do, what time they do it, and the percentage of the activity during all hours of the day. When i first opened the article, i had assumed that it was going to be a little bit more trickier than it was to…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 12 months ago
A daily KPI for me would be the amount of time (minutes) it takes me to get to work everyday from when I leave my house until I arrive at the door. This KPI is specific and measurable because I can look at the time exactly that I left and when I arrived. It is achievable because I can walk faster to make the number of minutes to go down to get…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 7 years ago
At my job I use excel all of the time. I don’t necessarily use the formulas and functions, however I do use the sort and filter features all of the time to sort contact information for our companies and contacts. There have been plenty of times when sorting that I chose the “select all” when doing this but really only one column is selected and…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by October 12, on the site 7 years ago
This article basically shows the divorce rates for different groups of people. It shows the rates for unemployed, employed, not in labor force, various education levels and various origins and races. It is interesting to see within the data that females, pretty much in every…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
In my opinion, I think that asking why has to be the most important principle. If you don’t ask the question why, how will you understand how to interpret the data correctly, or even see new ways in which it could be arranged? Knowing why the data is set up how it is will eliminate questions one has on interpreting it and other related aspects or…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
The article I found tittled, “Which countries are the most (and least) committed to reducing inequality?” focused on providing data that shows countries that are either the most or the least committed to reducing…[Read more]
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Alyssa Laufer posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
As a frequent ice chewer, I have been told that “chewing ice ruins/breaks your teeth”. Although I have been doing this for years and my teeth are perfectly normal, it could be proven accurate. In order to disprove or prove this “conventional wisdom”, I could have a dentists examine the teeth of “ice chewers” throughout a duration of time to see if…[Read more]