Nalah Clark

The most important thing I took away from this course was the understanding that their is different types of data, and different ways in which data is handled. It is important to grasp the breakdown of analyzing, visualizing and clarifying data, because these steps allow people to better comprehend the data that is being presented to them. Prior…[Read more]

The data driven service I use everyday would have to be Canvas. If I were to make an Excel spreadsheet for the information that is stored on Canvas the rows would be all my different classes. The columns would represent professor name, my grades for each class, upcoming assignments, assignments completed, and dates for exams/projects.

Percentage of People Who Married, Given Your Age

This article shows is an interactive graph, showing the percentages of people who are married at a certain age, vs those who aren’t married at that age. They also break it down by race, which I thought was interesting because in todays day and age there are a lot of mixed relationships/…[Read more]

An example of a KPI that I use on a daily basis is a weekly budget on groceries or food items. It is specific and measurable due to the fact that I have a certain amount of money I limit myself to each week, and while it is the same price if for whatever reason one week I go over the normal amount that I spend I am able to pin point what product…[Read more]

Although I have not come across any of these mistakes, I think the most important to avoid would be #1. I find that even when not working with data, this happens in general where the system will try to correct an error by saying something very vague and because of that we tend to let it fix it for us without really knowing what was wrong in the…[Read more]

https://www.signs.com/branded-in-memory/
This article studies how well people can remember major brand logos, down to color and famous symbols. They gathered 156 Americans ranging in age from 20 to 70 to take part in this drawing experiment, where they had to sketch 10 iconic logos (Starbucks, Target, Walmart, Dominos, Adidas, Footlocker, Burger…[Read more]

In my opinion Asking Why is the most important, because it allows someone to fully immerse themselves in the process of analyzing data. It is easy to see scan the data and accept the first analysis you come to, however, by doing this you’re not getting further insight or understanding of why you got to the answer you did. By asking why, you…[Read more]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-team-up-for-ad-on-harvey-relief/
This article speaks on the latest ad launched by the former presidents of the U.S, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W Bush and Jimmy Carter in an attempt to reach out to Americans to donate to relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey. I found…[Read more]

People often believe that by doing tons of cardio you will lose weight faster. However, every body type is different and reacts differently to certain forms of exercise. While some people do lose weight due to cardio, others have gained weight. This can be proven through data saying high intensity intervals work better and that lifting heavy has a…[Read more]