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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 12, on the site 10 years ago
I think that the most important takeaway from last weeks presentation was clearly the importance of being sure to allow the data to tell a story. While the presenter makes clear that it is important to use your data to back up your claims, it is even more important to create a coherent narrative that helps put your claims and the data in context.…[Read more]
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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 10, on the site 10 years ago
For the Data Mart Exercise, the project that I was working on for my internship was looking to set up several data marts for the governmental organization we were consulting for. In terms of facts we were looking at dollar amounts for contracts that were awarded, how much had been set aside for research topics, researcher names, contact…[Read more]
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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 9, on the site 10 years ago
I have included a mashup of CO2 Emissions by Fossil Fuel Combustion compared with the States population density. What it indicates is that per person, more densely populated states actually produce less CO2 from Fossil Fuel combustion, which was actually the opposite of what I had expected.…[Read more]
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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Week 8 weekly question, on the site 10 years ago
Q2:
From the perspective of the case, processes are the actions pursued and achieved by an organization to complete an objective. In one case it could be a process for how to load a patients file, for another it could be the process that is used to determine what treatment a patient requires for a heart problem. Overall, processes are…[Read more]
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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 6, on the site 10 years, 1 month ago
I found this inforgraphic to provide an enormous amount of interesting and thought provoking data in a well contained space. The background color scheme doesn’t get too busy, while also providing manageable snippets of information and references that you can check at your own leisure for more information.…[Read more]
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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 23, on the site 10 years, 1 month ago
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Kevin M. Hanley commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 10 years, 1 month ago
My understanding of the difference between a schema and a ERD involves the practice of actually diagramming out the information contained within the database. My understanding of the purpose of the schema is to act as a definition of the rules and information that will populate the database and govern how the information will enter the database.…[Read more]
