Carmine D Fieo

After taking this course, my ability to understand and interpret the way data and information (as well as the difference between the two) is created and made, has increased. After gaining experience with SQL, it is a lot easier to grasp the concepts of creating tables, retrieving and editing data – I also learned the importance of doing so in…[Read more]

A great business question that could be answered using decision tree analysis would be insurance companies deciding on who to insure or not and what prices to charge which individuals. Decision trees provide accurate percentages and outcomes which can be a great tool for calculating risk. Also, risk managers could use these percentages to…[Read more]

The graphic I chose is the Youtube one http://blog.pexe.so/content/images/2015/12/youtube-stats-fin-1.jpg

I chose this graphic because the 3 pieces of information it is displaying all have little pictures that really indicate what is being talking about it. The number of uploads is represented by a little film strip, the upload time has a clock…[Read more]

Amazon is probably a great example to use when joining tables and mining customer data.

For example, The tables of previously purchased items and the tables of customers and their purchase history can be combined to find the items that go into the “suggested” or “just for you” category.

As well all know, Amazon is the king of Ads and suggestions.