Erica C Hall

In my opinion, the most important thing I will take away from this course is the knowledge about how to use tools like tableau and excel. Using these tools can help me in future courses and possibly my future career. I would say that this course was about learning common vocabulary about data, learning of common data problems, and learning the…[Read more]

I often use the Gmail app on my IPhone to check my emails. If this data was organized in a spread sheet, each row would represent a different email title. The columns could represent different aspects of the data. For example, one column could be the sender. Another could be the time the email was sent or perhaps the subject matter the email concerns.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/prez_track_nov4

This article contains data about the presidential polls. As it is so close to election day, I feel as if this data is very relevant to all of us. The election affects all us of immensely, so naturally we would be interest in data concerning the possible…[Read more]

A piece of conventional wisdom I have always heard is that eating breakfast leads to a more productive day. To test this may be rather difficult, as what qualifies as a more “productive” day may vary from person to person. You would gather data from two groups: those eating breakfast and those not. Each person could rate their day on a scale of…[Read more]