-
Jake Montana commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 8 years, 6 months ago
In my opinion, the most important lesson I have taken away from this course is that data is everywhere and has a major impact on our lives. Data is important to learn about because of its power after analysis and the decisions that can be made according to our analysis of the data. Also, with technology constantly growing as we move into the…[Read more]
-
Jake Montana commented on the post, Weekly Question #9: Complete by April 6, 2016, on the site 8 years, 6 months ago
A data driven website I use everyday is YouTube. If I were to store data from this website onto a spreadsheet, the columns would contain the channel name, views per channel, likes, and dislikes. The rows would contain the name of the video appearing in subscription inboxes.
-
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 7 months ago
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-question-from-a-toddler-why-am-i-right-handed/
I have never really thought about “why I am right handed” until reading this article. For generations handedness was thought to be genetics but scientists recently proved this to be false however, they do not have a true test to determine what makes humans…[Read more] -
Jake Montana commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 16, 2016, on the site 8 years, 7 months ago
A KPI that I use on a regular basis is time spent working out each week. This is specific and measurable because I can do different exercises everyday for a specific amount of time. It is achievable because I can complete my workouts in the amount of time that I want. It is relevant to me because working out helps me stay in shape and have a…[Read more]
-
Jake Montana commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 8 years, 7 months ago
I have not yet made any of these mistakes when using excel however I believe that number 3, start working on data without backing it up, is the most important problem to avoid when dealing with data. Starting work with data before a backup could be very dangerous if mistakes are made and it would save a lot of time to make a backup if a mistake is…[Read more]
-
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 8 months ago
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-one-can-agree-how-much-the-presidential-candidates-tax-plans-will-cost/
This article is about predicting how much presidential candidates’ tax plans will cost. It is also interesting because the presidential election is coming up soon so their tax plans will affect all of America. The only problem is…[Read more] -
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 8 months ago
Out of the 8 core principles, I believe being skeptical of the data is the most important. I also believe that the first answer we come across when trying to answer questions is often the answer accepted. Questioning the data could result to better ideas or results which should be used more. Being skeptical could even lead to better decision…[Read more]
-
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 9 months ago
The most important part of last week’s discussion was bias. While reading through reviews of places to eat the best cheese-steak, bias was very apparent. The reviews were very extreme, either very supportive of how good the sandwich was or how poor the sandwich was. You never really know how good the cheese-steak is until you experience it for…[Read more]
-
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 9 months ago
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/december-jobs-report/
This article discusses the large job growth in December and whether or not it will last heading into 2016. Employers have added 2.7 million non-agricultural jobs in 2015 which was slightly less than in 2014, but still a great amount of jobs. Also, unemployment is at a very natural rate…[Read more] -
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 9 months ago
1. I found a data set on the Expenditures on Children by Families.
2. http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/expenditures-on-children-by-families
3. I found this set of data interesting because it shows you the cost of having a child in the present and in the future.
4. I learned that this set of data could be used to help people understand the value…[Read more] -
Jake Montana posted a new activity comment 8 years, 9 months ago
A piece of conventional wisdom is “Conflict can be healthy.” One way I would test this idea is to question groups of students with team projects and determine whether they have successfully used task conflict to get the most out of their other group members which would result in higher grades. After the group projects, I would determine whether…[Read more]