Mark Anthony Negro

I learned way more than I originally expected but the most important takeaway from this course was the impact of data. I never realized how much of an impact it has and how it really is everywhere. Yet, an even more important takeaway would be making my major MIS, which is very possible. I would describe this class as an insightful introduction…[Read more]

Since the baseball season started today, one site I use regularly is ESPN’s fantasy baseball site to manage my teams. Putting the data for it into a spreadsheet would be very easy. In rows, there would be the names of all the players. In columns would be the positions, team name, and all of the various stats including homeruns, hits, or strikes.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/syracuse-men-in-final-four/

The NCAA Tournament, coined “March Madness,” is one of the wildest, most exciting, and definitely the most unpredictable event of each year. The unpredictability that comes with it attracts not only millions of viewers, but also many data scientists to explore the stats behind it.…[Read more]

As a business student, one of the most important and obvious KPIs is profit. Profit is the value taken from the costs subtracted from revenues. That value is specific, it comes out to be one number and it is measurable using the formula for it. It is achievable, you can alter your costs and revenue to get more profit. It is relevant because…[Read more]

Two years ago, in my junior year of high school, I had an accounting course. In that class, I learned about and went through excel. I remeber the several mistakes the system can make. One mistake I remembered when reading this article was number six, miss the data type. Excel can misrepresent dates put in cells with integers, causing confusion.…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-golden-state-warriors-odds-of-going-73-9/

One major story in the sports world is with Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors basketball team. They are cruising through the NBA regular season, preparing to make a run at consecutive championships, but they also have an opportunity to break the season…[Read more]

The most important core principle from Stephen Few is to simplify. Good data captures the essence of data without oversimplifying. The other 8 principles play major roles but if the data is very complicated and complex then, it will be immediately seen as bad data. Data must be easily translated and viewable, all else follows.

I found last week’s readings and discussions very interesting, especially the talk of the different bias in data. This is very important when using data because there are many underlying factors not even considered that could have a significant effect on data. Last week, when my girlfriend and I were deciding where to eat, we took to yelp to…[Read more]

1. The dataset I found was a map of the crimes in Philadelphia.

2. I found this data on operndataphilly.org

3. I found this interesting because I live in Philadelphia. It is nice to know about what is going on in the surrounding areas.

4. I learned about all the different crimes and rates of those going on. That information could be very…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/spurs-warriors-is-the-best-defense-offense-clash-in-nba-history/

This article is about the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs basketball game tonight. I am a huge basketball fan so reading this wasn’t even like homework. The two teams are off to a historic start and very rarely does one see such…[Read more]

A piece of conventional wisdom that I often hear as a sports fan is “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” One way you could test this is with boxers. By collecting data of winners from fights, involving their size, you can assess if this statement proves to be true.