Latrice A Thomas

What I learned from this course was how data affects our everyday life. I didn’t realize the impact is had on the things that i do and use everyday. I also learned about the kpi’s and how businesses use those elements to determine their success. Data visualization is important because when showing your graph of information it has to be clear for…[Read more]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-calls-curb-standardized-testing-schools-n451741
This article is about President Obama making a curve on standardized tests in school. This was important to me because based on their data students take 112.3 test from PreK to grade 12. The test scores can show that to much test taking and not enough…[Read more]

A example of KPI is the amount of time I spend on doing homework versus sleeping. It is measurable because I can spend a certain amount of time on my accounting homework which is taking away time from doing my economics homework. This can measured on how high my grades will be impacted depending on the amount of time I spend doing work and studying.

I have done mistake 3 so many times that I would have to go back and put all my data back in. I would just start working on something forget to save it and just exit. I have experienced this problem too many times I’ll save my data while I’m working on it and send it to my email and save it on my flash drive just in case my computer crashes or dies.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/02/technology/scottrrade-hack/index.html

I found this article interesting because it seems that hacking is becoming more frequent and a variety of companies are getting hit. I use my credit card for everything and when it says your information is “secure” its not necessarily true. Hackers have a way of getting…[Read more]

Simplify principle is the most important because talking about data is one thing but having a visual of your data can back it up and make the information you are displaying more effective and believable.

What I took away from Michael Dagar’s speech was how much information and data that we have out here. The information and raw data is significantly used in business. As he was speaking i can see that he was very passionate about the position he plays at temple and how he as helped the school in many ways throughout his years working here. He…[Read more]