Maris A Stern

The article I chose for this question was from FiveThirtyEight. The article is titled “How Many Times Did Trump Interrupt Clinton In The First Debate? Depends On How You Count”, I wanted to use this article for my explanation because I feel it has to do a lot with bad data and how it can be caused. This article was about the differentiation of…[Read more]

While looking at Hoven’s article “Stephen Few on Data Visualization: 8 Core Principles,” I the most important principle is simplify. Just by in class examples this week, we have seen that the more information you put on data visualizations, the harder they are to understand. For example, it is great to use color variations to show differences in…[Read more]

– The data set I found was The City of Philadelphia Outdoor Advertising which explained locational and relevant attribute data pertaining to billboard and outdoor advertising locations throughout the City of Philadelphia.
– I found this data at http://www.opendataphilly.org under the Organizations – City of Philadelphia tab.
– This information was…[Read more]

The website FiveThirtyEight had many interesting articles about an wide array of topics. The article that grabbed my attention is called, “Why Women Are No Longer Catching Up To Men On Pay”. This is relevant to my college major because in a few short years, I will be in the job search and want equality. A main idea is this, hourly pay has risen…[Read more]

Conventional wisdom is something that is widely accepted as true, correct, or proper. An example that I thought to be most interesting was that “if you work hard, you will succeed”. This phrase leaves a bitter taste in my mouth because what truly is hard work? Some may think hard work is easy to another person. To prove the point I am trying…[Read more]