Kayla Cohen

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.…[Read more]

One data-driven service that I use at work is HEDWIG. It is a service used by residence halls to log packages for students. One row could represent a student’s name or a package. The information in the columns would include a student’s TUID and room number. For the package the columns would include the carrier, where it’s shipping from, the date…[Read more]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-mobile-vulnerability/mobile-app-errors-expose-data-on-180-million-phones-security-firm-idUSKBN1D91ZA?il=0

I chose this article because in this class we have discussed the affects of large data leaks, like the Ashley Madison scandal. This article stood out because almost everyone has a smartphone or tablet…[Read more]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2017/10/05/the-worlds-highest-paid-radio-hosts-2017/#26cbd5b51fbc
Forbes recently announced the list of the world’s highest-paid radio hosts. I did not realize the many factors that go into how they make so much money. For example, Howard Stern has a contract with SiriusXM, but Ryan Seacrest hosts a…[Read more]