Michael Lo

A data driven site that I frequently use is fantasy football. To store all the data on a spreadsheet I would place all my players in the rows. On the columns there would be different types of stats like yards, turnovers, and touchdowns followed by total points earned at the very last column.

Why the White House Is in for a Fight When It Comes to Repealing Net Neutrality
I picked this because I heard about congress passing a new legislation allowing internet providers to sell its users’ browsing data. When I first heard this I did not think much of it until I started thinking about it more. I was surprised that…[Read more]

A KPI that I used on a daily basis is caloric intake. Usually I have a specific goal, usually around 2000-2500 calories per day, which is also measurable and attainable. Also, it is realistic, and I even go over and under sometimes, and it time related over a day’s time.

I have barely used excel, but from what I see, I would say that no. 3 , “Start working on the database without doing a full backup first”, is the most important. I think as a general rule for pretty much any document or any electronic piece of work that this would be the case. I think this would apply especially to excel because I’ve seen excel…[Read more]

Social Media Update 2016

I found this interesting because I never knew that facebook was still so widely used. Lately I hear that its been dry, and everytime I’ve checked mine, it was littered with lots of spam. It was more than double the percentage of the second most used social media site, which was…[Read more]

I think the most important of the 8 core principle is “view diversely”. When we were talking about the filter bubble, I realized that a lot of people hear only what they want to listen, and very rarely listen to the other side of the argument. Also, when we were in class, we talked about how statistics can be biased. By listening to both sides, I…[Read more]

For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds

This is a data set that I found on PEW research that tracks the amount of young adults (aged 18-34) and their living arrangements over the modern era (1880-2014). There are two graphs for each…[Read more]

Trump, Clinton Voters Divided in Their Main Source for Election News

This publication in by PEW research covered Trump and Clinton supporters and where they got their main sources of news from. For Trump supporters, 40% got their news from Fox news followed by CNN which was not even close at 8%. On the…[Read more]