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Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
The most important takeaway from this course for me was the usage of Tableau. I heard a lot about this data visualization software but I never really used it. This class helped me learn this software. This course also helped me brush up my excel data manipulation skills.
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Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
Data Driven service : Stats.nba
In an excel spreadsheet, the NBA stats per player would be listed. Player/Team names would be in columns and the individual statistics would be in rows. Statistics used in our previous in class exercise for NCCA such as field goal percentage, etc. An additional row that could be added that wasn’t included in the in…[Read more] -
Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
Diagnosing the Internet of Things: Predictive Maintenance Through Analytics
This article talks about data analytics and the internet of things. The internet of things is a system where every device that’s part of the business is connected to the internet. One of companies they talk about in the article is Augury. Augury has 35000…[Read more] -
Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #9: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
1. The subject of our group project is “University Data Analysis”.
We feel data from universities is easily accessible because these businesses tend to brag a lot with statistics such as job placement rates, acceptance rates, retention rates, etc. Therefore, an in-depth analysis of such data will be possible and effective.2. Group members:…[Read more]
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Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
A KPI I look at is my bank account and credit account. It’s specific and measurable because I can see the monetary value in the accounts. It’s achievable because I can alter how much I spend to reserve money or work more to earn more money. It’s relevant, money runs the world. And it’s time-variant because I can look at my accounts every day over…[Read more]
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Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 6 years, 12 months ago
An error I have made before is #6. I missed the data type. When I was entering in Zip Codes for a data set, I forgot to change the data type to zip code. This is very like the class example but it is a mistake I have made before. I noticed my mistake upon revision and now I always double check when using Excel.
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Henry Fok commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by October 12, on the site 7 years ago
https://thenextweb.com/insights/2017/10/11/this-startup-lets-you-monetize-on-your-genetic-data/
Blockchain technology is allowing people to monetize their genetic data. With blockchain technology, information can be stored securely and be monetized by consumers through a decentralized system called Zenome. First, Zenome provides a peer to peer…[Read more]
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Henry Fok posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
For me personally, I believe that “Simplify” is the most important principle of data visualization. The reason being, there can be huge amounts of ‘big data’. However, the overarching goal of data visualization is to simplify that big data into visualizations that make it easier to interpret. Complex visualizations do not accomplish that goal and…[Read more]
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Henry Fok posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
Blockchain promises it can protect everyone from DDoS attacks and data tempering, prevent voter fraud, speed up transactions, reduce costs, and enforce transparency and auditability. Many cases of huge data breaches such as this week with Equifax show the the risk and exposure people today face. This article really fascinates me because a lot of…[Read more]
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Henry Fok posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
An example of conventional wisdom, especially in Asian culture, is that playing basketball during your childhood will make you taller while doing exercises like weight lifting and gymnastics will stunt your height growth. A way you could use data collection to disprove or prove this piece of conventional wisdom is by conducting an experiment. One…[Read more]