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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, 100 second reflection on the course, on the site 9 years, 10 months ago
The biggest takeaway for me from this class was that the use of data analytics across industries is as prevalent and robust as ever. However, challenges exist as companies move to be more data-driven in their actions. The use of data to present ideas and make decisions can be complicated and leave people feeling more confused. One of the key…[Read more]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 12, on the site 9 years, 11 months ago
I completely agree with a lot of the above comments. The most important takeaway for me was the importance of simple visualizations. Data can be complex and complicated. Figuring out the right method for the story you are trying to tell is critical. The visualization should not add to the level of complication, but rather simplify it so that…[Read more]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 10, on the site 9 years, 11 months ago
Question: Which month had the least amount of patients arriving to the ER by walking? Which month had the highest amount of patients arriving by walking to the ER? How many patients for each month?
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Weekly Question: Week 9, on the site 9 years, 11 months ago
This mashup shows the correlation between the percentage of adults who were told they have diabetes and the number of fast food restaurants per
100,000 residents.
http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/adults-who-were-told-they-have-diabetes-divided-fast-food-restaurants-100000-residents-0 -
Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Week 8 weekly question, on the site 9 years, 12 months ago
While this is not my job, an example of using data to predict job performance would be the role of help-desk agent. The data in this person’s profile could be level of knowledge in the specific area he is servicing (i.e. degree studied and GPA) and communication skills. The KPIs would be average calls answered per hour, number of times this…[Read more]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Week 7 weekly question, on the site 10 years ago
At my last job working in executive education, we were evaluated at the end of each program by the participants on a scale of 1-5. We received an average rating then for each program. On our yearly performance evaluations, one of the things we were measured on was if we met the standard goal of at least a 4.65 average rating for all our…[Read more]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, KPIs, on the site 10 years ago
Lagging –> final quarterly sales
Leading –> inventory variation of soup (product)
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 1, on the site 10 years ago
http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/2012/02/16/misleading-graphs-figures-not-drawn-to-scale/
The first picture showing total medal count for each country is misleading. Two medals for Germany equates to almost 500 medals, so then wouldn’t you think four medals to equal about 1000 for Great Britain?
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 10 years ago
Question 1:
When I worked in media research, we used a join to retrieve data all the time. For example, if ESPN wanted to know how many males between the ages of 18-34 who lived in the Chicago DMA watched Sportscenter at 11:00PM every night of the week, we had to join 18-34 males with the Chicago DMA and ESPN Sportscenter at 11:00PM to come up…[Read more] -
Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 10 years ago
It is imperative that the business event is clearly described and articulated in order for the ERD model to work. It is crucial that the details are presented in a manner that are easy to follow and that the relationship between the entities and attributes can be followed. Without clarity, a detail can be lost that will alter the relationship.…[Read more]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Discussion Question: Changing Business Models, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 6 months ago
These are all great examples of how advances in information technology relating to the Internet, social media, and mobile access are changing the viability of certain business models. Another example of a […]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Discussion Question: Crowdfunding, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 6 months ago
I love the idea of Kickstarter and actually was excited to see it be the topic of our blog post for this week! I have been somewhat familiar with the site for a few years now, but haven’t spent too much time […]
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Lauren E Patterson commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 2014 Spring – IT Management 10 years, 6 months ago
I completely agree that the use of technology in food services is going to become the norm. As you and a few others have mentioned, we have already seen the touch screen ordering implemented at Wawa as well as at […]