Keerthana Rachamadugu

I thought the Ted Talk was very relevant to times right now where technology is so prominent in peoples lives. Considering how fast technology is improving and advances, I would not be surprised to a world solely run by technology causing people to run out of jobs. An example of this already happening can be seen with big retail stores closing…[Read more]

A data-driven service I use daily is google documents. Google documents is a cloud-based application that stores your documents. It allows you to create, edit, and share on any computer anywhere. The individual row would be the document content (or at least a small part of it). The columns would be when it was created, title, last edited, who its…[Read more]

My most important takeaway from this class was understanding and being able to navigate through Tableau. I though Tableau was a very insightful and beneficial program to understand because it creates such cool and creative visualizations that I can use in the future. I would tell a future scholar that this course is about the fundamentals of…[Read more]

One Dataset, Visualized 25 Ways

I found this article really interesting. The article presents 25 visualizations for one data set. The article illustrates the significance of visualizations and how each one can emphasize a different focus. The main idea of the article is about using visualizations to get to the…[Read more]

An example of a KPI is the amount of calories I intake. This is specific and measurable because I can record the amount of calories each food has that I eat. I can add this up to get the total amount. It is achievable because I can alter the number of calories I eat depending on my diet. Its relevant because the number of calories I intake can…[Read more]

A mistake I’ve made multiple times is #3. Many times I have worked on essays and forget to save them. It was probably the most frustrating thing ever. Its the fact that I have worked hard and spent time on an essay that is now lost. I took a couple hits before I decided it was time to turn on the auto-save option. It is the most life-saving option ever.

An Artificial Intelligence Story: The Robot Boss and Data Operations

This article talks about the robot the Japanese produced through their research in AI technology. This robot can assign employees in the company the right job that would make them the most efficient based on their past performance. Through Robot Boss the company…[Read more]

After reading the article, I think the most important principle is simplicity. When looking at a graph, I think its important that the viewer is able to understand what is going on. Simplicity is the foundation to creating a successful and effective graph. Without simplicity it would be extremely difficult to apply other principles of the article.

The most important takeaway from last week’s discussion about bias and signal problem would be that when collecting data or implementing a change, we must really be aware and a conscious effort to eliminate bias and signal problem as much as we can. When I was applying to colleges about a year ago I used a website called Niche to see my chances of…[Read more]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3161222/analytics/getting-off-the-data-treadmill.html
This article explains how many business just use analytic tools and draw connections between different sectors of their business from these tools. Mintz describes that how that method does not show why certain connections happen making them realize that you…[Read more]

One conventional wisdom that I’ve always been told is, “if you get wet in the rain you will get sick”.
I would collect data by observing how many people get sick by going out in the rain and getting wet. I would conduct this data multiple times with many different types of people on different days. I would see how soon the subjects get sick and…[Read more]