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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, 100 second reflection on the course, on the site 9 years, 8 months ago
My biggest takeaway from MIS 5101 is how to analyze big data and more importantly how to visualize this data to others. I learnt some of the very important concepts like SQL- for data extraction and info graphics for data presentation, which will be immensely helpful to me even if I shape my career outside IT.
If I had to explain a scholar what…[Read more]
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 12, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
1. I believe the most important takeaway from the guest lecture presentation is how the same data can be presented in different ways to draw different inferences. Sometimes, we stick with one style of representing the data, without realizing other styles might be able to deliver the message more meaningfully.
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 10, on the site 9 years, 9 months ago
Q: What reason has the average longest duration of stay for women? How much?
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 9, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
Q1: I think the problem with data.gov is not a lot of people are aware about the existence of it. In order to make better use of data, firstly, they need people to be aware about the existence, for which data. gov should advertise. It can also incentivize people to provide examples for creative usage of the data on its website. In this way, people…[Read more]
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by March 27, 2017, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
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Yes, we could use some data from applicant’s profile to predict the performance. I believe the data could be experience, past projects handled, qualifications, and grades. The KPI (outcome) of this data can be success rate, profitability, and productivity.
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Week 7 weekly question, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
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The company where I worked relied extensively on knowledge sharing. The key performance indicator in order to determine the extent of knowledge sharing was number of articles uploaded in the central repository by the employees. This proves to be an ideal example of SMART KPI:
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, KPIs, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
Leading Indicator: Bad debts reserve
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 6, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
The infographic in this link compares and contrasts the way emails are being displayed by different mobile operating systems. This infographic is really interesting because it is easy to understand and it conveys its purpose very effectively. Besides the different color combination makes perfect sense to the…[Read more]
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
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I believe the basic difference between schema and ERD is the purpose of usage. Schema is used as a pool to draw data, whereas ERD is a graphical presentation as how different entities in this data are related to one another.
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 4, on the site 9 years, 11 months ago
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I agree with most of you who say ERD is information. Information is defined as capturing data. ERD represents the data in a concise form that is easier to understand. However, in order to understand ERD there does not require any specific analytical or cognitive abilities. For those of us who are familiar with the ERD structure and terms,…[Read more] -
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 4 months ago
Without digging much in to detail, two key points that I can think off the top of my head is Digital Presence and Knowledge Management. I am sure I will remember these points even in future. The digital hygiene […]
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Discussion Question: Decomposition and Aggregation, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 4 months ago
I believe “wolf” in this phrase addresses the company. Talking in context of disruptive innovation: an innovation that creates new market eventually eating up the existing one, the phrase means that the power of […]
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Discussion Question: Crowdfunding, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 4 months ago
Great discussion happening so far! So here are my thoughts on Kickstarter.
At first instance, I agree with Nick that ROI is an important criteria, at least for me if I am investing in some project. But then the […]
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Karan Deepakbhai Parikh commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 4 months ago
I agree with Tommy and Neeharika that this new innovation will definitely reduce the wait time. Of course, it caters to a particular niche segment of customers, who prefer to have the least waiting time, but then […]