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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 7 years, 10 months ago
One data driven source I use on a daily basis is YouTube. YouTube not only knows the types of videos I watch regularly, and recommends new videos they think I might like based off those interests, but they also store videos I have chosen to categorize as my favorites and which videos I would like to watch at a later time. This type of data helps…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 7 years, 10 months ago
The most important takeaway from this course that I have taken is now knowing how to not only understand, but also to be able to interpret large datasets and make sense of them. I now know how to look for biases in data, and utilize various pieces of software to help better translate, and make large quantities of data more presentation friendly…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
The data related article I chose this week is http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/all-politics-is-national/ This article highlights a problem many states today are seeing as a result of polling across them. This is a nationwide trend showing that not only voters spend more time keeping tabs on national politics as opposed to local, but also do…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 27, 2017, on the site 7 years, 12 months ago
The KPI I use in my life every day is the measurement of steps I take with my fitbit. With this KPI I can get a precise idea of how far I have traveled over the course of a single day, week, or ever longer if I would like to look through my personal history. This metric by fitbit is measurable since it is a wearable piece of technology and can…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, 2016, on the site 8 years ago
In my experience in working with Microsoft excel, I have made the unfortunate error of missing a data type while working within a spreadsheet. Thankfully, at the time of making the error, I was able to catch is somewhat quickly which prevented me from making the mistake I made even worse. I soon realized how imperative it is to not only make…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 1, on the site 8 years ago
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-women-are-defeating-donald-trump/
The data driven article I found interesting for this week pertains to the apparent gender gap in candidate preference that is showing itself in the current election going on. FiveThirtyEight explores hypothetical scenarios about election outcomes if only one…[Read more] -
Andrew T Davis commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 23, on the site 8 years ago
After reading Hoven’s article “Stephen Few on Data Visualization: 8 Core Principles”, I found the most important principle to be “explore.” This principle struck me as the most important due to the fact it gives whoever is visualizing the data the potential to uncover even more within the data visualization they are analyzing. While data vis…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 8 years, 1 month ago
The biggest takeaway from last weeks discussion of the signaling problem issue for me was just how biased data can be, no matter where you come across it. Whether it be social media, review sites, or any sort of analytical review of information. Data is something that can easily become inherently biased and easily manipulated. More recently, while…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 8 years, 1 month ago
The data set I found most interesting between the two sources provided was the “Bike Network” dataset found under transportation on http://www.opendataphilly.org. This comprehensive dataset put together is a vast collection of all of the bike lanes in Philadelphia throughout different neighborhoods that are deemed “bicycle friendly.” This data source…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis commented on the post, ICE 5.1 Telling a Story through Visualization, on the site 8 years, 1 month ago
The article I chose to use for my representation of data is a FiveThirtyEight article summarizing how Hilary Clinton is struggling to win votes with millennials in this upcoming election cycle. The article claims that she has roughly half the amount of under 25 voters that Obama had back when he ran for reelection against Mitt Romney in 2012. It…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 8 years, 1 month ago
One piece of conventional wisdom I have heard throughout my life is that college is the gateway to a high paying and enjoyable job. Without going to college, you are left with limited options for employment due to a majority of the work force having a bachelors degree at minimum. I personally do not agree with this piece of conventional wisdom…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-sanders-comeback-would-be-unprecedented/
This fivethirtyeight article summarizes the current uphill battle that Bernie sanders is currently facing in order to still capture the democratic nomination for president. Taking into consideration the remaining primaries, and the number of delegates he would need to…[Read more] -
Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 8 years, 8 months ago
Of all the core principles of the Hoven article, I feel as though “simplify” is the most important when it comes to analyzing and interpreting data. Often times with data, massive amounts of information can be spread out and presented in a clumsy and unorganized fashion that often times makes reading the data much more cumbersome and difficult.…[Read more]
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Andrew T Davis posted a new activity comment 8 years, 9 months ago
A piece of conventional wisdom I have often heard is “You have to earn more.” In today’s society, there is a lot of pressure on picking majors that lead towards more lucrative, high paying careers. With higher cost of living, the potential costs of starting a family, and other various expenses, money has become a major concern for any individual…[Read more]