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Baron J Pote posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-shift-to-the-suburbs-sped-up-last-year/
As I get closer to graduation I certainly think about where it will be best to live after school. This article is very insightful and accurate about the location tendencies of individuals at various life stages, especially recent graduates, and in comparison,…[Read more] -
Baron J Pote commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 22, 2017, on the site 7 years, 7 months ago
http://guardian.gg/en/profile/2/BaronJ_P/10
This link leads to the statistics page for online player v player of a game I play frequently. Within this page there are numerous KPIs as to how well I perform in the PvP. This takes form in the Kill/Death ratio as measured against a standard of 1.00, a positional ranking compared to all other active…[Read more] -
Baron J Pote posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-asian-pollution-worsen-smog.html
This article contains only one data visualization but has an adept analysis of the relations pollution by countries in Asia and how that influences concentrations of smog in the US. I found this article particularly interesting in relation to my Environmental Ethics class, in which…[Read more] -
Baron J Pote posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
Asking why is paramount. Irrespective of context, the driving force behind any decision comes down to asking why about whatever the subject. Someone could apply data science to create a presentation using data collected form decades of intensive reasearch done by business and medical professionals to develope a model for efficient and cost…[Read more]
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Baron J Pote commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 9, on the site 7 years, 8 months ago
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossible/
In this article from FiveThirtyEight, there are a number of scatterplot matrices, a histogram and a couple maps all containing data primarily concerned with the goal scoring capabilities of the Argentinean soccer player Lionel Messi. While there is plenty of data about sports, I…[Read more] -
Baron J Pote posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
This article was a data-drive analysis of mortality rates and deaths connected to 29 different cancers over a 34 year period in a record that covered the entire continental United States. The interesting aspects of…[Read more]
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Baron J Pote posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
An easily testable conventional wisdom is one that comes from Hollywood; films cannot succeed if they do not star a famous actor or actress. For testing purposes I would define “famous” as being rated an A-list celebrity based on the industry standard guide in Hollywood known as The Hot List, developed by James Ulmer. A comparative measure of box…[Read more]