Anson Shum

One data-driven service I use is Linkedin. If wanted to store that data in an excel spreadsheet, some things in the columns would include: first name, last name, number of connections, city, state, and industry that they are in. So in the rows would fill out all the names, # of connections, addresses and industry type.

My group members are: Owen Crowley, Khoa Ha Bui, Ricardo Burton, Raymond Xu, and myself. Our group project is researching if people living in capitalist countries have a higher standard of living than people living in socialist countries. We will be using many standard country measures like GDP, GNP, average incomes, etc to complete our project.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2017/03/06/Sloan-Sports-Analytics-Conference-Boston-Data-driven-stats-geeks-make-their-mark-on-sports-Mark-Cuban-Nate-Silver/stories/201703060073?pgpageversion=pgevoke
This article was very interesting to me, because I am a very big sports person as well as being very interested in the technology field. It…[Read more]

An example of an KPI that I use on a daily basis is the app MyFitnessPal. I use it everyday to make sure that I consume enough calories throughout the day and that I consume enough protein daily. It is specific because it tells me the exact amount of each nutrient that I am taking in. It is measurable because it counts based off of every single…[Read more]

I personally don’t remember making any of the mistakes listed on the article, but after reading the article I believe that number 3 would be the most important to avoid. Creating a backup isn’t a hard step to do but yet could be a lifesaver. If something happens during the process and someone loses all their hard work, it could take hours or days…[Read more]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-town-that-cant-do-without-refugees-1488290400
This article is very interesting because it talks about Erie, Pennsylvania and how it would not be able to function without Refugees. After Trump took office, he has taken many steps and actions to try to limit the amount of Refugees to the minimum, so that is why this…[Read more]

I believe that “Simplify” is the most important out of those 8 core principles when it comes to data visualization. When it comes to data visualization, people will most likely only examine it if what is presented to them is simple and easy to understand. If the representation is too complicated, people tend over-look it unless they are truly…[Read more]

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/patriots-win-probability-super-bowl-li-99-percent-atlanta-falcons-choke-stats-tom-brady-020617

http://www.barrons.com/articles/what-wall-street-gets-wrong-about-espn-1485813259

This article was very interesting to me because I am a Finance major and also a huge sports fan. In the article, it talks about how many people probably would think that ESPN, the largest sports network in the United States, would be a very profitable company…[Read more]

An example of one conventional wisdom that I have always heard of was, “the better your grades are, the more successful you will be in life”. Although grades are absolutely important, grades nowadays are not everything, experience and relevant extra-curricular activities are just as important in comparison to grades. The data that I could collect…[Read more]