Mibin Anthony

One data-driven service I use constantly is Snapchat, so if I were to store the data into the spreadsheet, I’d imagine that every row in the spreadsheet would be information about every snap I have sent. Some of the data columns would include the duration of the snap, who it was sent to, and the number of emojis used, among other things. So, for…[Read more]

My group consists of Edward Gruchacz, Nathan Ernst, Raymond Wong, James Gallo, Poojan Patel and myself. The subject of our project is Netflix usage, specifically looking at how many people use their own account versus someone else’s. We will be collecting multiple sets of data in order to tell our story, including year in school, gender and hours spent.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-gop-bill-could-change-health-care-in-8-charts/
I picked this article because I was not fully aware of how the GOP Bill would affect people under Obamacare. I found the data graphs for representing the impact the bill would have on every segment of Obamacare to be extra helpful when trying to understand…[Read more]

One example of a KPI I use on a daily basis is the sleeping app on my phone. It essentially tracks the amount of time I spend sleeping based off of the times I turn the program on and off. From there, it estimates what I can do to improve my sleeping habits as well as just keeping previous tracks of data stored within the app. With that being…[Read more]

I myself have not made any of the mistakes listed in the article, as I have never been tasked with something that required one of the steps mentioned in the article. However, I think #3, the step about working on a database without backing it up first, most important. Realistically, the easiest way to figure out why something in the program went…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-that-maui-wowie-doesnt-hit-you-the-same-way-every-time/
The article I chose was about the genetic variation in cannabis and its relation to our relationship with chimpanzees, in that the plant contains many cousins within it. It discusses how the great amount of variations in the plant is complicating the…[Read more]

I think the “Simplify” principle is most important because of how relevant it is to effectively understanding data. The data should be clear enough that anyone would be able to understand it without having to ask more questions about the data. If the data was unclear, it could cause viewers to become confused and the overall story trying to be…[Read more]

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p60-257.pdf

https://ballotpedia.org/Health_insurance_policy_cancellations_since_Obamacare

Bed Sizes Around the World

This website uses a mosaic plot in order to show the type of beds people around the world buy and how much of each is sold in selected countries. It isn’t technically a mosaic plot because the different figures are not directly on top of each other, but I figured that since the…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-it-takes-to-truly-delete-data/
This article talked about New York’s IDNYC, a card meant to help the government related problems of the immigrant population in New York. It came to light due to Trump’s plan to deport illegal immigrants, as it made people question whether or not the government would keep…[Read more]

An example of conventional wisdom that I’ve heard is that pulling all-nighters is an effective method when preparing for an upcoming test. I would test this hypothesis by comparing the scores of those who pulled an all-nighter and those who got a full night of sleep when taking the same test. I myself am pretty sure that those who got a full night…[Read more]