Jason Taing

The most important thing I learned from this class is that data can be used in many ways. Data can be visualized, help draw connections and relationships with other data, and help predict future outcomes for businesses.

For Facebook, the columns can be what the user’s posts, how many things they share, how many posts they like and comment.
The rows would be the user accounts.

The members in our group are:
Joane Dang
Grant Harley
Jason Taing
Shadi Eid
Eric
The subject of our project is to compare crime rates and poverty.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/05/technology/online-privacy-faq/

Internet providers can sell people’s browsing information to advertisers. Even though they say that sensitive information will not be given without consent, what is there to stop them from getting since they have gotten halfway there. This is relevant because I do not want people to…[Read more]

One example of a KPI I use is my credit card (Discover) account and my credit card score. My Discover card gives me a free credit score every month.

Specific and Measurable- Tells me specifically how much money I need to pay off and the other financial activities that are still processing.
Achievable- If I want a better credit score, I would…[Read more]

I have not worked with Excel as much as other people but I do think that number 3 is the most important to avoid. A lot of times I make sure to save my Excel file at least every 20 minutes before I continue working. I am always scared that I will forget to save my work. I even put it on my flash drive and work on the file on my computer than…[Read more]

URL: https://gcn.com/articles/2017/03/01/nyc-data-pedestrian-safety.aspx

This article basically talks about how data from car accidents and how people drive can help prevent future accidents from occurring. Some examples given were that some devices record information about how people brake too hard and speed too fast. Using that information,…[Read more]

I think simplifying is the most important for data visualization. No one should present a data visualization that is complicated and time consuming to understand. There are many other tasks to work on than looking at a data visualization for an hour.

This article talks about how Facebook has exceeded expectations in regards to earnings per share and revenue. Facebook has increased the numbers of advertisement on user’s news feed and exceeded expected revenue by over 300 million dollars. 84% of advertisement revenue came from mobile users alone. The articles also display graphs of how much…[Read more]

Conventional wisdom statement: Going to college and graduating helps a person get a well paying job. One way to test this is to pick a college and gather information of each student who graduated in a certain year. Every year (up to 5 years), survey each graduate from that certain year to see if they are working or not and how much they make a…[Read more]