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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need [In-Class Exercise 2.1 – 2015 Car Fuel Econ [Start]]
Completed sheet with data dictionary
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
Here is the exercise
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
Some quick instructions:
You must complete the quiz by the start of class on January 22.
When you click on the link, you may see a Google sign in screen. Use your AccessNet ID and password to […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
Here is the exercise
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site Industry Experience in MIS-SPRING 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
I hope everyone is off to a good start at your internships. We have a bunch of students doing internships and participating in this forum. Please feel free to respond to one another here if you have qu […]
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Hi everyone,
I am currently working at Independence Blue Cross- Business Technology Services (BTS) Department in the PMO as an Intern. At Independence I don’y have one specific role but many. On a daily basis, I handle support log tickets to give people access to report sites, help with on boarding new hires, financial adjustments, Project Quality Assurance and much more. I love that I am exposed to all aspects of the BTS department because it gives me an idea of what I want to do once I graduate. I enjoy the PMO and eventually want to get a full time job at Independence but I am not sure how to go about it since the internship ends March 30th and I don’t graduate until May 10th. Any suggestions?
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Hi everyone,
I worked at PwC as an Enterprise Systems Solutions Intern in their Risk Assurance practice. During my internship, I worked a lot with SAP to test controls set up at clients to optimize their audit processes. I also used SAP to test clients’ competencies in various rule set functions. In addition, I spent some time working with RevPro, a revenue tracking and management system, which I helped to implement at a client to adhere to the new ASC 606 standards. In between, I also worked on data visualization projects, working with Tableau and Visio to demonstrate my department’s impact on business processes for the purpose of winning new clients and/or work. -
Hello everyone,
I worked at Protiviti as a Security and Privacy intern in their Technology Consulting solution. During the internship, I worked on a variety of projects. My first project was a Cloud Risk Assessment that basically tried to ensure that the client adheres to the industry standards. My next few projects involved some Penetration Testing observations as well as validation testing. During the testing, I had to test each of the errors that came up during the vulnerability scans and categorize those errors by their risk factor. I got to use a variety of Linux security tools and used Microsoft Excel to collect and organize my data. Additionally, I’ve done manual google crawling to find as much information about a client as possible without leaving a trace on their tracking systems. At the end of each project, I had to help to write the report that went to the upper management. -
Hello Everyone,
I worked at Union League as a Data Analyst/ Networking Intern for the IT department. Union League is a city club in Pennsylvania for privileged members in the United States. During the internship, I will be assigned to several projects with the IT department. My current project is working with different departments by analyzing the dataset from the past transactions, customer information, and current budget to create a specialized sales proposal for current members.Moreover, I will be analyzing the dataset to discover the potential pattern to increase our current member base. My next project involving data mining through Excel, Microsoft SQL server, and the company’s current data analytics software. In between projects, I will be working with my coworker to increase the effectiveness of our current cyber-security, and I will be in charge of the Networking in the company. For instance, LAN networking, VMware’s group policy, assign users to the different department through the virtual machine so on and so forth. In the future, my manager will transition me to familiarize with the industry and cyber-security. In all, during the internship, I will be in charge of data analysis, networking, and learning more skills on cyber-security. -
Hi everyone,
I worked at Tonic Design Co. and a Client Services intern for their Client Services department. Tonic Design Co. is a technology agency that creates mobile, web, and voice applications for other companies. During my internship, I worked on a variety of projects using project management and business analyst skills. For example, I would check the budget, review timesheets, and draft status reports to clients. Also, I lead team meetings and I documented software and design requirements for multiple apps that the Tonic Design teams had to work on. -
Hello everyone,
I worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers over the summer. PwC has professional services which include audit and assurance, tax and consulting. During my internship, I worked in Process Assurance which is a part of the Risk Assurance practice. The main responsibility that I had in my role was to identify if there were any risks associated with my clients IT controls. These risks were identified through multiple tests of the controls and walkthroughs with the clients. -
Hello everyone,
I am currently working at SAP in the East Market Unit as a Demand Management/Data Analyst intern. I joined the SAP team this past winter and will continue throughout this semester. Part of tasks as an intern is to provide assistance with the design of the Business Processes Maps that are to be reviewed by the VPs of the eight different solutions provided in our unit. In addition, I analyze and collect data from different sources such as DMD, CRM, and Excel to generate data charts (in Lumira) of the top 10 programs of 2017 with the highest pipe actuals. My next projects will include identifying the new programs solutions to be running by the end of second quarter, and do the respective training to the sales team of our unit.
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Hello everyone!
I am currently working at SAP American Head Quarters in New town Square, PA. My position title is Go for Growth Manager for the Financial, Banking and Insurance Market Unit in the East. Few of the tasks that I am in charge of include, Filtering, analyzing and cleaning data sets and making reports by creating charts using tools like Excel and SAP’s Business Intelligence Tools like Lumira to measure performance of the sales team. I am also in charge of making business development maps, sprint Plans for potential clients for the sales team so that they can pitch SAP’s solutions. The data that I analyze requires using SAP’s DMD and CRM and its Global data system. My role helps the Sales team within my industry and market unit select and analyze KPIs to catalyze new, running and on deck technological solutions and implementations for potential clients. -
Hi Everyone!
I hope that everyone has had a wonderful new year and is excited about the internship that they are doing or have already done. My internship was for Cigna. I worked there this past summer, in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The role was for the Operations Leadership Program within Cigna, where I worked within their Service Operations department. As Cigna is a large company, my direct role was on the eligibility side of implementing new and returning clients to Cigna. I was tasked with improving the way that they report their data to higher level management as well as improving the way that the managers of eligibility are able to access, manipulate and use the data from their teams and incoming clients.I look forward to hearing about everyone’s experiences!
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Hello everyone!
I am currently working at Subaru of America, INC. in Cherry Hill, NJ as a PMO analyst intern. I joined the team as of May of 2017 and will be interning here until May of 2018. Some of my everyday tasks include establishing and continually enhancing standards and processes for project approvals, project tracking, project completion and termination. I have also been working on two project since I started. The first one is implementing Service Now a Project Portfolio Management solution which includes Demand Management, Project Management, SDLC, Release Management, Test Management, Time-Entry, Cost Management, and Resource Allocation. Some of the tasks in this project have included building requirements, writing test cases, performing test cases and training end users. The second project I have also been apart of is a Role-Based Provisioning project which consists of defining the access to data, applications and enterprise resources for each role in the company. -
Hello!
My name is Tessa and I am currently working within a cybersecurity team as a cyber threat analyst at AmerisourceBergen in Valley Forge, PA. Since my start date, I have learned new skills, including using a cloud access security broker (CASB) as a tool during cyber investigations, blocking malicious domains and IP addresses, and upgrading our company security tools to the latest versions through the change management process. Furthermore, I have been working on a project of standing up a datalake, a tool that ingests data from several company data sources to run data analytics for security purposes. The project has been a long process, and is on phase two out of three. An other job responsibility that I have is reporting to directors and senior directors daily on the incidents and threats that ABC is facing, and the actions being taken for remediation.
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Hi Everyone!
My internship was at Liberty Mutal Insurance at their headquarters in Boston, MA. I worked within their corporate internal audit group as an IT Audit intern. Throughout the internship, I worked on five different audits. These audits were mainly on the Unix/ Linux servers and databases. Although we learned about windows enterprise architecture in the MIS2501 class, the other intern in my group was assigned to the windows audits. Since I was an intern, I mainly focused on testwork of certain applications, servers, and databases. I also communicated records of audit concern in status meetings and formal reports. It was an interesting internship because I was also able to communicate with external auditors from Ernst and Young through walkthroughs and other forms of communication. I learned a great deal in my internship and I am excited to hear how everyone else’s go! -
Hello All,
My internship is at Turn 5, located in Malvern, PA. Our company focuses on selling after market car parts to clients through multiple ecommerce websites. I’m working in the business intelligence department as an a business intelligence analyst. My job responsibilities are primarily centered around making our databases run more efficiently, solving business problems related to data and creating more efficient methods of acquiring data. The programs we use are T-SQL and Tableau, to conduct ETL and then analyze data. So far I’ve created about four Tableau dashboards, and written five procedures in T-SQL. Overall, T-SQL is more interesting to me, because it’s about problem solving, rather than explaining my solution to the rest of the business. -
Hello Everyone,
My internship for this semester will be with Aramark, located in Philadelphia, PA. Aramark is one of the world’s biggest hospitality companies. They operate in several different divisions such as, University Dining, Business Dining, Correctional and Uniforms. During my time with Aramark, I will be working on insights and analytics team for their Sports & Entertainment division. My work will include analyzing large sets of data in excel by cleaning up data and using ETL. Once the data is cleaned up, we start to analyze and visualize trends in the data that can vary from food consumption to financial information. After trends are identified and conclusions are made, we pass along our findings to their respective department or site manager.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 7 months ago
Here is the syllabus for the course.
You should read the syllabus carefully. Everything you need to know is in this document.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE IN MIS-FALL 2017 6 years, 8 months ago
Final grades will be submitted tomorrow, December 12. Be sure to check the gradebook for any missing assignments and get them to me before December 12 at 9am.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 8 months ago
Just a reminder that your final exam will be on Thursday, December 14 at 8:00am in the same room as class. You will not be permitted to take the exam if you arrive late.
Please make sure that all missing […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 8 months ago
Just a reminder that your final exam will be on Tuesday, December 19 at 10:30am in the same room as class. You will not be permitted to take the exam if you arrive late.
Please make sure that all missing […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE IN MIS-FALL 2017 6 years, 8 months ago
Describe your experience? Anybody staying on part-time? Anybody have a lead on a permanent job?
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My time at Cross America Partners was pleasant. I started the internship a bit late, as I was searching for internships around my home area to no avail. I ended up looking the HR rep for Cross America after my friend told me that they hired interns, and the rest was history. I really like our office and it felt new and modern. There was even a Coca-Cola Freestyle in the office for the employees to enjoy. The projects that I completed during the internship were fulfilling. I expanded my knowledge on topics like databases and Excel while being in an office environment. I learned a lot about business that I would not learn in the classroom, and I think that will assist my career in the long run. I probably will not return there unless I decide to live in Allentown, PA during my career. For now I am looking for jobs and internships in Philadelphia.
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My experience at AmerisourceBergen has been amazing. I first started with the full-time 10 week internship program in the summer and half way through I was asked to stay on part-time during the school year. I have been working with the same team during this fall semester and it has been awesome. Next semester it looks like I will get to move to the Analytics team as well doing one day a week with my current team and two days a week with the analytics team. The hope is to stay on fulltime once I graduate but we will discuss that further next semester. Overall I have been so happy with this experience and have felt so honored to be here and to be given this opportunity.
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My experience at DecisivEdge was nothing but positive. Everyone there was great to work with and I was extremely happy with my contributions to the company. Being my first IT internship, I was not sure what to expect from this summer, but this internship exceeded all of my expectations. I learned a lot about communication, technology, and working in a professional environment. I really enjoyed my assignments and the way DecisivEdge asked me to reflect on my time there as well. Along with the other interns, I presented to the DecisivEdge team about my summer, what I had learned, what I liked, and what I didn’t like. I was very proud that DecisivEdge asked me to return next summer but, I wanted to experience what working at a larger company had to offer. Because of this I will be interning at Merck next summer in their IT division.
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My internship at BD was a great experience. I was able to gain real world experience as to what it is like to be a project manager and gain some knowledge into the world of big data. It has allowed me to make lasting relationships, and gather contacts that could be helpful in the future. Being able to work at such a large company gave me the insight as to what it is like to work in a corporate office. I am nothing but thankful for my time at BD.
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My experience last summer at Pfizer was incredible and gave me great professional experience. I was able to apply what I learned in prior MIS classes and use those skills on real, intricate projects. In all honesty, I enjoyed every day of work and was always excited to meet new people and learn new skills. While I was a bit overwhelmed when I first started, I became extremely comfortable there due to their great company culture. Another aspect I enjoyed about Pfizer was how large of a company it is. The amount of resources and amazing people the company had put me in a great position to succeed in my internship and the rest of my career. Overall, I had a wonderful time over my 12 weeks at Pfizer.
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My internship at Sooryen Technologies was a great experience. I have been able to gain the real world experience of what each day looks like as a software developer. Through this experience I was able to meet many people and network with the employees. I will continue my internship with the company until the end of the next semester and potentially receive a full time offer. Overall I am having a stressful but great time working at Sooryen.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE IN MIS-FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Please be sure to check the gradebook for any unanswered discussion questions or missing status reports. The final powerpoint is due December 11. Your eportfolio page should also be completed at that time. If […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the study guide for the third (final) exam.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the study guide for the third (final) exam.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the link for the driver download
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the link for the driver download
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need [In-Class Exercise 13.2 – VandelayOrdersAll.xlsx].
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need [In-Class Exercise 13.2 – VandelayOrdersAll.xlsx].
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the exercise
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Here is the exercise
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE FALL 2017 6 years, 9 months ago
Leave your response to the question below as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on November 30. It only needs to be three or four sentences.
What was the most important takeaway (from your p […]
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The most important takeaway I gained from this course is a clearer, more holistic understanding of data analysis, the tools used, and how data analysis permeates multiple aspects of our everyday lives. If I had to explain this course to a future scholar, I would say that MIS0855 focuses on methods of storing, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data through many different methods. Students will also come to understand the importance of Data Science across numerous fields of study.
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The most important takeway from this class in my opinion is the approach on how to write reports with tableau. The technical aspects in correcting data, creating new report with tableau and hands on approach into sentiment analysis has added much important skills. At work I learn quite a bit on the admin side of data analytical dealing with IBM Cognos and its nook and cranny. In this class, I actually learn on developing functional report.
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The biggest takeaway from this course were the definitions of technology words I got to learn. Things like “big data”, “regression analysis”, “sentiment analysis”, and “hypothesis testing” are just a few. This course is really about a broad overview of the numerous trends and techniques going on in the data world. Additionally, it had a hands on work with tableau and excel and a few other programs.
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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 exposed to it I can use it to its fullest potential.
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The most important takeaway from this course is that we learned how to properly display data to readers. Using Tableau and Excel, we learned that there is much more to data displays that pie charts and pretty colors. The skills learned in this class can be applied to all majors when it comes to doing projects, not just business or tech people. This course gives you a solid intro to Excel and Tableau, two skills that you probably would not learn in other gen-ed courses.
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My biggest take away from taking this course would probably be the ability to read and analyze data and learning to be able to make something out of data and comprehend it. Before this class, I had never heard of Tableau, but this course has given me the basic knowledge of how to maneuver Tableau if I ever needed to for a potential job in the future. Also in this course, I was able to explore all the different options in Excel that I didn’t know existed before.
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The most important takeaway from this course to me is Tableau. I liked the hands-on aspect of the course because it allows you to get comfortable using other programs which we can use in our other courses and future jobs. If I had to explain to a future MIS0855 scholar what this course was about I would tell them it’s about learning what big data is and how to use all of this data by making reports, cleaning it etc.
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What I found to be the most important takeaway from this course was learning that data is not always objective and accurate. As seen in the data cleaning exercises we did, sometimes just making sure the data is accurate and if not, fixing it, can take up as much time and effort as analyzing it. In explaining this course to a future MIS student, I would say that this class focuses on explaining how big data is essentially everywhere, and how you should approach it. I would also mention how you become familiarized with excel and tableau as they were significant programs in the course and obviously very valuable skills to learn.
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I chose this course because I am thinking about majoring MIS. (I’m still business undecided. I haven’t decided my major yet) I thought it is a great chance to check I’m interested in this major or not and it’s really what I want. And my expectation was really right. Every ‘In-class exercise’, assignments, quizzes were really helpful and I could generally learn what MIS is. Moreover, the class was really well structured. Professor precisely tell us what we should do every week and give a lot of help doing homework. Sometimes, there were several tough questions on the assignments but activities in the class were really helpful. I really recommend this class to students who want to study MIS for the first time or who really want to know what MIS is.
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The most important takeaway from this course is how I was taught real life applications to mining data, in which that is the industry I am immersing myself. Being able to use technologies like Tableau, which is used often in the real world, is invaluable experience to be able to learn in a class. I would absolutely recommend this course for anyone that wants to truly get something out of a class, and wants to make themselves a more valuable asset and boost your resume.
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The most important takeaway from this class was learning piktochart while doing the Data Analytics Challenge. I have used piktochart ever since the challenge, and it has improved my presentations not only in MIS but other Fox classes. Being able to display data in a way that is understandable to the viewer, provides the presenter with more credibility because of the professionalism in the way it looks. I would recommend this course for students looking for an edge to set themselves apart from other students. It is not an easy course, but I believe the skills learned in Data Science can overall provide you with more opportunity than the other classes at this level.
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The most important thing I have learned from this course is specially what data is & how to work better with excel. I feel as though I have a much better understanding at what data specially is than I have before. I would say this course is about learning how to handle data by doing things like cleaning it or being able to apply data to something like Tableau.
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The most important takeaway I have is that data is everywhere. Everything is data, and different parallels and relationships can be drawn between seemingly unrelated factors. Additionally, I feel much more comfortable with Tableau, Excel and Piktochart. Overall this is a very beneficial course, I would recommend it to anyone who expects a future that involves any type of reading information. Even though its a GenEd, MIS0855 has tremendously helped prepare me for the real world.
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The biggest takeaway that I have learned in this class is that the world has become technology and data dependent. Data analytics is resourceful in all industries, businesses, etc. If I were to explain MIS 0855 to a future student, I would explain that this class is the first step in learning how to understand, clean, and analyze data – things everybody will soon have to know how to do.
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The most important takeaway that I have learned in this class is the usefulness of displaying data. We have learned that data can be found anywhere so it applies to every single major. But how the person chooses to display the data is important. There are so many ways to do so between Tableau and Excel. Displays of data can be useful in future business meetings or projects.
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The most important thing that I will take away from this course is all of the new skills I learned with Microsoft Excel and Tableau. These two programs (especially Excel) are super useful tools to have knowledge of. Learning how to make data visualizations and charts and graphs through Tableau is such a great skill to have going forward. Also, just learning about how data is literally everywhere, and we have no idea just how much data is truly available to us.
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The most important takeaway from this course is learning how to understand and work with data. I have never worked with the programs, or data in general until this class. So after learning how to use them, I can say that I have learned a lot about data. I would recommend this to students who are interested in gaining a skill on working with data using different types of programs.
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The most important takeaway I got from this class is to look over your data. It is so easy to make a simple error when importing or recording data. This simple mistake could skew/ruin complete data sets. Going along these lines, having your data clean and organized is the best way to prevent or catch data errors. If you want to learn more about computer systems and how to use them properly, MIS 0855 is a great course to do so.
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The most important takeaway that I’ve gotten from this course is how much better I’ve become at analyzing and interpreting data. With my newly acquired knowledge in Tableau, Piktochart, and even Excel, I feel more comfortable with my abilities to manipulate data, and draw more accurate predictions and conclusions from it. This course is all about getting more comfortable with data, and learning to analyze and manipulate it.
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The most important take away I got from this course is the ability to get big sets of dirty data and to clean it sufficiently. Before this class I did not know there was dirty data everywhere such as, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, etc.. If I had to explain this course to a student I would say this course is to help you get comfortable with recognizing data and viewing such.
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The most important thing that I will take away from this course is how to clean up data. There are so many “dirty” data sets in the world and I believe that it is important to get the most out of a data set. If I had to explain this course to a student I would describe it as dealing with data. It is important to learn how to read data, write data, and interoperate data.
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The most important takeaway from this course is how to analyze and interpret data. You can input data into programs such as Tableau or Excel and get results back from them. There are various ways to understand the data that you are reading, as well as different ways to show someone else who may not understand the data in a way that it clicks with them so to say. If I had to explain this class to a future student taking Data Science, I would have to say that taking this class will enable them to be prepared for future courses and a career. The programs they use will further expand their knowledge and can give them a competitive edge that others who don’t take the course won’t have.
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The most important takeaway from this course in my opinion is the practical training on software that you may not have encountered before this class. They allow the user to not only recognize trends in data, but put them together in order to get a more complete story. The training in this class is generalized enough to be applied to just about any data set, and as a result students who take this course have a significant leg up against those who do not.
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I believe that data analytics is an important skill to have in a business career. You will be able to work with data and be able to analyze data in order to make an informed decision. If you would like to succeed in your career, the more you know Excel, the more you practice daa analytics and Tableau, and other data analytics skills, the better it is for stepping up the ladder in your career.
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This course has greatly developed my ability to analyze and visualize data properly through the cleaning of said data and the creation of graphics to communicate the patterns found in the data. Previous to this course I had no experience with Tableau, however now it is a tool I feel comfortable using when trying to visualize patterns in data. If I were to tell another student about this course I would tell them that this course will help them develop their analytics skills which has been cited as one of the major skill area’s employers are looking at today. After taking this course you will feel comfortable working with large data sets, visualizing trends, and leave with much better understanding of the science behind understanding big data.
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