Joshua Ogg

Amazon is a service with inordinate amounts of data behind the scenes. I think if I had the data for Amazon it would likely include product names, price, customer rating, a short description, and seller. If the data was made available things like number of sales and number of returns or complaints would be extremely helpful to amazon and its…[Read more]

A KPI that I frequently use in my life is the distance I have run on my fitbit. Though certainly not perfect it gives me a rough estimate of how much I have run which I value. This measurement is specific/measurable since it is the exact number in miles I have moved. Since I can reach my goal of about 10 miles a day I have an achievable goal set.…[Read more]

Personally I cannot recall a specific instance where I made one of these mistakes, however I am more than willing to bet that I have at some point. The most detrimental mistake to one’s work here would likely be Number 3 as I think we can all relate to working very hard on a project or paper and having it be deleted just because we neglected to…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/does-the-media-cover-trump-too-much-too-harshly-too-narrowly/
With such a unique president there has been much media coverage about many of his decisions and even just his tweets. This article explores whether the media has become trump-focused and neglected other prominent world news. The author utilizes a…[Read more]

I think “Attend” is the most important principle of Hoven’s as it basically allows the viewer to access the most important data easily. A lot of times it is easy for info-graphics and data visualizations to confuse and try to do too much, rather by making sure that the important data is readily accessible to the viewer, the data’s most important…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-cities-share-the-most-crime-data/

This article analyzes which major cities in America share the most crime statistics with its inhabitants, and which do not. The author goes over different kinds of data that each city might make public, such as 911 calls, victim injuries, gang involvement and…[Read more]

With the rise of video games many have questioned the effect of more violent games on the youth that indulge in them. This is a hard issue to observe, however one could track the growth of several kids before being exposed to violent video games, figure out which ones are and are not playing video games and observe their behavior over the next…[Read more]