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James Villani commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
The biggest takeaway from this course I notice is my new skills involving tableau. This course was the first time I was given the opportunity to be exposed to tableau. This course showed me how dynamic tableau is and how useful it can be in numerous amounts of situations. I’ve also noticed tableau a lot more in my internet searches and since I was…[Read more]
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James Villani commented on the post, Weekly Question #9: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
Subject: We are going to answer the question: Who is the best statistical NFL player to play the quarterback position. We will compare numerous key statistics, such as: QBR, passing yards, interceptions, etc. to answer this question.
Members: James Villani, Brandon Weiss, Noah Clay, and Shabbir Lageli
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James Villani commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
A data-driven service I use frequently is something called coriscahockey. Corsica hockey is a data base that shows detailed advance hockey statistics. A spreadsheet that would contain the data of this service would have rows such as: player name, player position, player team, and each individual row for different player statistics.
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James Villani commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
This article goes in to depth about how at the most recent PCAOB meeting they are urging auditing firms to get a better grasp of data analytics. The PCAOB believes furthering their staff’s knowledge of data analytics will help them be more…[Read more]
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James Villani commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 12 months ago
I enjoy examining sport statistics and there are many different KPI’s evident in sports. The on I am going to describe in answering this question is in the NBA they use PPG (points per game) to describe how many points per game a player scores.
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James Villani commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 15, on the site 7 years ago
This semester I was required to take an excel class which in return had me using excel quite a bit. One of the problems I experienced while using excel dealt with the VLOOKUP feature. As explained in the article, the feature is really intricate in regards to getting it to do what you want. There was a whole section dedicated to the VLOOKUP feature…[Read more]
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James Villani commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 7 years ago
This article discusses the recent hack of the personal information of 143 million user of Equifax. The hack has already caused for the resignations of three high-level employees. The most intriguing part of the article is that the…[Read more]
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James Villani posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
I believe the most important principal is “simplification”. In a world where everything is so fast moving simplification can be vital. The ability to make a data visualization quick and easy to read is beneficial to the individual viewing it. Getting the point across quickly is the best way to go, the way to do this is by simplifying.
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James Villani posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
This article goes into depth about a recent breach which saw hackers access customers data through an accounting firm. Since I am an accounting major I found it very interesting how the data I will be working with in the near…[Read more]
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James Villani posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
Statement: “You get what you pay for”
In order to test this statement I would collect data such as the prices of different brands of the same items and also record reviews or how last that said product lasts compared to another differently priced product. An example of an items where this can be tested is different brands of iPhone chargers.…[Read more]