Michael Vidra

The most important takeaway I received from this class is the importance of checking your data. There are several instances when data is dirty and it can make a large impact on the information someone is trying to develop. If I had to explain what the course was about to a future student I would tell them that it is about data, to say the least.…[Read more]

This TED talk was pretty boring to me. Although the information that was being given to the viewer was quite interesting, I thought the presenter was very repetitive and boring. I heard about this topic for the first time last semester in my CIS class and it was interesting to get more insight on it from the TED talk. I find it incredible that…[Read more]

Recently, about two weeks ago, I received an email informing me that I may have been affected by a privacy breach on Equifax. I was granted a free credit report for each of the main three bureaus. The article I read discusses why Equifax even contains some of these peoples information. Supposedly Equifax does not believe that they should have to…[Read more]

Twitter is a data driven service that I use regularly. If I put twitter data into a spreadsheet, one row could represent tweets that I compose myself. Another row could be tweets that I retweet. Some columns could be the time the tweet was composed, the date the tweet was composed, the number of likes that the tweet received, the number of…[Read more]

A KPI I use is my wealth. Wealth is specific and measurable as I can track how much it lessens and grows. I can set a goal for the amount of wealth I would like to gain, which makes it achievable. Wealth is commonly used to measure a persons success. I can check the results of my wealth every day, pay day, weekly, etc. which makes it time phased.

Yes, I have made one of the mistakes listed in the article. Normally the answer would be no, but since I’m taking the online Excel course I’ve been using Excel more often. The mistake I made was the one with the Vlookup function. During input I forgot to put false in and it messed my stuff up. Thankfully there’s an undo button.

The article I read was very interesting to me. It was about a study that was done, concluding that innovation is a science. The study followed this company who implemented a program for employees to express ideas and innovation within the company. The program was like Facebook, whereas employees would post ideas and other members could like and…[Read more]

The most important principle of data visualization is attend. It is common that when we view data and information that we can be attracted to the most important stuff. However, we can also be turned off by a too complex visualization. After all, a visualization is used to portray the most important information in a simple and pleasing manner.…[Read more]

Considering my major is undecided, I thought the smartest thing to research was information on college majors. I found a listing of the “10 Best College Majors for a Lucrative Career” and some of the data was quite interesting and surprising to me. The first thing they tell you, which was added motivation not to drop out, is that a worker with a…[Read more]

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