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Nancy Nam commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by March 9, 2016, on the site 8 years, 5 months ago
I think problem number 9 happened to me a few times. I would use try to use the formula on the whole row by highlighting one of the cell and scrolling down to the end. Instead of having the formula be used to calculate the data for the rest of the row, the data in the cell I highlighted is just copied all the way down. If I didn’t pay attention…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam commented on the post, Weekly Question #3: Complete by February 3, 2016, on the site 8 years, 5 months ago
What I took away was the importance of realizing that signal problems exist. I never really though about it until you mentioned the example about hurricane report. It makes absolute sense. Data can be easily skewed due to many reasons so know the source and analyzing it careful is important. A recent example of how I’ve used data to make a…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by April 13, 2016, on the site 8 years, 6 months ago
For me, I think working with data and excel and the experiences from combining these two will stay with me as I go forward in the business school. Prior to data science I can honestly say I felt anxious every time a recruiter would mention working with excel. I just never really worked with the software and hence did my best to avoid it when doing…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 8 years, 6 months ago
Nancy Nam, Joshua Affainie, Mark Negro, and Jason Ly. Our project will focus on answering when, where and how to book the best plane ticket. Our Data set will come from numerous sources. The goal is to get closer insights on the most economical way to purchase a flight (domestic and overseas).
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Nancy Nam commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 8 years, 6 months ago
I work part time at Ann Taylor’s LOFT and as a means of fulfilling online order we use a system called Domestic Online Merchants (DOM). DOM records and process incoming online orders and list them so we can decide to accept or reject the order base on inshore availability. A row would be an individual order number and some columns would be…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam posted a new activity comment 8 years, 7 months ago
http://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/fashion-tech/data-is-the-new-oil-and-more-from-sxsw
This article compares how the fashion industry, more specifically in the retail market is paying more attention to their usage of data. Data is the new oil,The companies that will win are using math” said Kevin Plank, founder and chief executive…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam posted a new activity comment 8 years, 7 months ago
A KPI I use often is the features in Mint. Mint a finance Application on my phone that keeps track of your spending. It tells me when i’m approaching my budget and where exactly I am spending my money. Mint can also keep track of your monthly bill payment and uses that data to remind you when your bill whether it be phone or utility, is…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam posted a new activity comment 8 years, 8 months ago
This article recaps some of the newest tech innovations that was shown at the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC). This year there was a common theme of using data to make urban cities run more efficiently. For example data from cars are being recorded transmitted to big data repositories. Analysis can use data from car crashes to quicken emergency…[Read more]
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Nancy Nam posted a new activity comment 8 years, 8 months ago
Out of the eight principles, I think attend is most crucial. While our brains mechanics makes it super easy for us to hone in on key aspects, it also makes ignoring irrelevant parts very easy. For this reason, a good data visualization is its ability to make whats most important highlighted and draw back the rest. If there is too much data, our…[Read more]