Jonathan Richman

The most important takeaway from this course for me is that data is applicable to nearly everything you do. Data is everywhere, and ignoring the ability to use data in your life is irresponsible. It is an incredible asset to be able to know how to analyze and create data.

For an Amazon purchase,
The rows would be the name of the person the item is for
The columns would be the transaction number, the address to send the item to, name of the item

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2017-mlb-predictions/
FiveThirtyEight posted their 2017 MLB predictions on March 31st using 100,000 simulations of the season. The article is interesting as it has predictions for run differential, % to reach the playoffs, % to win their division, and % to reach the world series, as well as record predictions.…[Read more]

GPA is the first KPI that came to mind. GPA is a measured used to determine the overall performance of a student by taking the grade points allocated for the grades achieved in a course load and dividing it by the total credit hours. It is achievable as a student can gauge what their target GPA is and the grade needed to achieve the goal. GPA is…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/would-trumps-blue-lives-matter-effort-really-help-protect-police/
This article takes a look at President Trump’s signed executive order to try to make attacks on police a federal crime. The article takes a look at the numbers behind cop deaths to see whether this would truly have an impact and protect cops.…[Read more]

Out of the eight principles of data visualization, I believe that “view diversely” is the most important one. Having a variation of insights into data, showing it and connecting it in different ways can help more people understand the data better.

For me, the biggest takeaway was that you should pursue a career that you are deeply interested in, and not simply to make money. I want to like my job as much as it appears Maurice Whetsone likes his job. I know it sounds cliche, but that is honestly the biggest takeaway for me because my major and interest is so opposite from this entire class…[Read more]

Conventional Wisdom Statement: Since the unemployment rate is going down, more people are looking and finding jobs. (currently at 4.9%) This simply is not the case, though the calculation for the unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people divided by the labor force. Those who are actively seeking work are included in the number of…[Read more]