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Brandon Weiss commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
The most important thing that I will take away from this course is all of the new skills I learned with Microsoft Excel and Tableau. These two programs (especially Excel) are super useful tools to have knowledge of. Learning how to make data visualizations and charts and graphs through Tableau is such a great skill to have going forward. Also,…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/roy-halladay-was-the-greatest-pitcher-of-his-generation/
This article talks about Roy Halladay, and just how dominant he was during his time in the MLB, even calling him, “The greatest pitcher of his generation”. This article comes quite unfortunately after his tragic passing just a few days ago. Growing…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
A KPI that i use in my daily life is keeping track of the amount of money i make from work every week. This is specific and measurable because every Friday I receive a check with a certain amount of money on it, depending on how many hours I had worked that week, and I know exactly how much I made. It is achievable, because I want to be able to…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
Personally, I haven’t run into any of these “Stupid Date Corruption Tricks”, mainly due to the fact that I don’t use Excel that often. Having taken an Excel course this semester, I will most likely be able to avoid these tricks. However, I believe the most important one to avoid is number 3, “Start Working on a database without doing a full backup…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 23, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-worst-loss-in-the-history-of-u-s-mens-soccer/
This article discusses just how heartbreaking the loss of the U.S men’s soccer team is. I always enjoy watching that team play, even when there isn’t a world cup just around the corner. This article breaks down the stats of some of the teams worst losses in…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
In my opinion, I believe that “View Diversity” is the most important principle of data visualization. If you are able to view data in several different ways, it enables you to truly get a good understanding of whatever it is you are looking into. Being able to look at data from several different perspectives is extremely helpful in that you have…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-100-year-old-hurricanes-could-teach-us-about-irma/
With all of the recent devastating hurricanes happening in our country, its interesting to see just how they compare to past hurricanes that have been just as catastrophic. Scientists are using data collected from previous hurricanes in past years to…[Read more]
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Brandon Weiss posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
A Conventional Wisdom that I have heard is that you should always eat a hearty and healthy breakfast every morning in order to maximize your success at either school or work. To test this, I would take a handful of students/workers who eat a healthy breakfast every morning and also take a group of workers/students who do NOT eat breakfast in the…[Read more]