Jerin Jiji

In my opinion I thought the TED talk was interesting to say the least. The concept of universal basic income is an interesting idea, but I do not think it will succeed in real life, even with all the incentives Martin talked about implementing along side with universal basic income. Also, its crazy to fathom how the world will be if unemployment…[Read more]

The most important takeaway I had from this course is how to use both Excel and Tableau. It was useful to learn how to use Excel to organize data and the use of the different formulas to interpret the data. Tableau allowed me to visualize the data used and understand the key components of the data from Excel and how the two go hand in hand with…[Read more]

A data-driven service that you use regularly is the ESPN Fantasy Football app. Each row would be comprised of a certain football players, and each column would be each individual football players stats such as receiving/rushing yards, interceptions, receptions, touchdowns and points scored

Mapping the Spread of Obesity

The data in this article looks at the rise and spread of obesity in each state. This data was collected for both men and women over the past three decades. As of today two-thirds of adults in the United States fall into the category of overweight or obese. From the data there is a higher…[Read more]

From the eight principles given in the article “Stephen Few on Data Visualization: 8 Core Principles” I believe the most important principal is “simplify”. With huge amounts of data it is hard to be able to understand and interpret everything that is going on. By simplifying it you are able to grasp the essence or core aspect of the the data t…[Read more]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/09/08/actuarial-math-trump-has-a-slightly-higher-chance-of-dying-in-office-than-clinton/
The article titled “Actuarial math: Trump has a slightly higher chance of dying in office than Clinton” sparked up a great interest as it deals with both data and my major. The article gathered data and…[Read more]

One piece of conventional wisdom I have heard before is to wait at least 30 minutes after eating before swimming. To test this I would gather information from two groups. One group would contain swimmers who would eat a normal meal portion than immediately go swimming after for a certain period of time and see if any symptoms or effects occur.…[Read more]