Maxwell Bass

I partake in various fantasy football leagues as football is my favorite sport and I follow it and know what goes on. With that said, if I were to store the data from my teams I would are the rows represented by individual players. Then the columns would be separated by total yards, yards per game, catches per game, receiving yards per game, etc.…[Read more]

While I have not spend a lot of time using Excel, I have experience with errors in other programs therefore I can relate to how people feel when their data or documents become corrupted. As a result, I believe the most important mistake to avoid is to “start working on the database without doing a full backup first.” This is the most important in…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2016/may/03/your-tax-dollars-how-is-the-government-spending-your-money

An article which I found interesting came from The Guardian Data Blog. The main premise of the article is to illustrate to society how the U.S. Government spends money in the 2016 federal budget. The data is presented in an interactive way that adjusts the amount of tax by category depending upon total income. The reader simply drags the bar…[Read more]

Niels Hoven’s article, “Stephen Few on Data Visualization: 8 Core Principles” mentions many important principles however I believe the most important one is to simplify. It is extremely important for the viewers of the data to understand what the visualization is conveying and that cannot happen if the data is not in a simple and pristine layou…[Read more]

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As Jon Stewart steps down, 5 facts about The Daily Show

The most important takeaway from last week’s discussion regarded bias and how individuals can skew data and other information a certain way. Unfortunately, if a human is doing a review, they will show bias towards a certain brand or product because of their past experience or loyalty. I typically use Consumer Reports, YouTube videos, and other r…[Read more]

“As Jon Stewart steps down, 5 facts about The Daily Show” found on PewResearchCenter brings about various data studies regarding “The Daily Show.” Five main points are argued ranging from the popularity of the show to demographics. As stated in the study, “12% of online Americans cited The Daily Show as a place they got their news.” At the same…[Read more]

Many individuals seem to go by the piece of conventional wisdom: “you get what you pay for.” Simply judging from personal experiences, whether it be purchasing technology that broke down after a few months or clothes that tore from normal use, I do believe the cost of an item relates to its quality. In order to test this statement, I would sur…[Read more]