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Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by April 19, 2017, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
One data-driven service I use regularly is online banking. Each row in their spreadsheet I think would represent a different account. Some columns in the excel spreadsheet would be owner name, amount, type of account, email and address.
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Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Weekly Question #9: Complete by April 12, 2017, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
My group consists of Michael Lo, Faith Debolt, Matthew Pumell, Justin Haley, Peter Nysch (MAYBE), and myself. For our project we have decided to look at the question of whether a countries healthcare system, be it state sponsored or totally private or whatever it is, is correlated with how long people live (life expectancy) and their quality of life.
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Andrew Charles Stewart posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nba-teams-are-resting-players-earlier-and-earlier/
Being a basketball fan, I found this article interesting, but also saddening. In a graph in the article it shows how from the 05′-06′ season up to this current season, NBA coaches have steadily been increasing the number of players not playing in games due to…[Read more] -
Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 22, 2017, on the site 7 years, 7 months ago
A KPI that I look at on a regular basis is my bank account. U.S. dollars are specific and measurable numbers. It is achievable, as i can work more or spend less to make it go up or down. What is in my bank account is relevant because I need money to buy food and everything else. Also it is time-variant as I can see how I did for a year, for a…[Read more]
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Andrew Charles Stewart posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
I have made the mistake before of not including all of the columns in a sort (#4). I was in an information technology class in high school learning excel and creating a small database. I sorted the names by alphabetical order, but forgot to include the phone number column. Every person then had an incorrect phone number associated with them.
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Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by March 1, 2017, on the site 7 years, 7 months ago
U.S. students’ academic achievement still lags that of their peers in many other countries
This article is about U.S math, science and reading scores compared with other countries. I have heard several times in the last few years that we have been generally sliding down these rankings for some time now, but I never saw the data or proof. Looking…[Read more] -
Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 7 years, 8 months ago
From Stephen Few’s 8 core principles on Data Visualization, I think simplify is the most important principle. If a data visualization is not relatively simple, more people will not look at it or use it because they can not comprehend it. Also, if a visualization is not simple, it is hard to achieve the rest of the core principles and the purpose…[Read more]
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Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 9, on the site 7 years, 8 months ago
http://blog.minitab.com/blog/statistics-and-quality-data-analysis/time-series-plots-theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills
This is a time series chart of the price of gold over time. The chart shows the power of the free-market when introduced to a product. Up until 1968 gold prices were fixed, set by rules of the government. Then in 1968, BANG, for the…[Read more] -
Andrew Charles Stewart commented on the post, Weekly Question #2: Complete by February 1, 2017, on the site 7 years, 8 months ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-tweets-are-driving-quant-traders-crazy-2017-1
As a Finance major I enjoyed this article because I have previously thought about the great opportunity that Trump tweets give to day traders. Particularly interesting to me though was the section on the company called Trigger that alerts investors on things.…[Read more] -
Andrew Charles Stewart posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
A piece of conventional wisdom that I have heard is that ”Grandmas are the best cooks”. To test this claim I would get four groups, one being grandmas, and the other three being, grandpas, moms and dads. I would have these groups make several of the same dishes in a restaurant kitchen and have people come in and test and rate the food a 1 out of…[Read more]