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Ngoc Thi Que Tran commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
Technology is, unarguably, the most important aspect in the workplace. From production management to human management, so much relies on technology to be able to effectively and efficiently expand a business. As mentioned in an article about artificial intelligence by Tim Urban, human progress is growing at an exponential rate, which means looking…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran commented on the post, Weekly Question #5, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
Smartphones and smart devices are definitely on the innovation list for their power to change lifestyle and how things work. The smartphone is becoming less a device and more of an all-rounded personal assistant that assists people from a to z, 24/7. It is hard to imagine how less productive one can be at work without quick email replying,…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Having correct data is the most important thing for an Accounting/Finance major, since a decision concerning the fate of an organization depends greatly on how good or up to date the data is. Without ERP’s and Data Analytics systems, all financial decisions and plans would be skewed due to obsolete, hence useless data. Not just that it is of no…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Since decision tree is more or less a template to guide a decision/solution/ answer to a problem, there is no limit to where it can be applied. In business, it can be very helpful in many areas such as hiring process, training new employees what to do in which situation, guiding template for designing a logo, slogan, product following a company’s…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
I find that both swimlane and ERD’s are very useful tools for analyzing a business system. Neither is better than the other but it it really depends on the purpose when it comes to choosing which one to use. As a Finance/Accounting major, I think swimlane is a much more relevant tool due to the fact that all things in accounting process need to…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
I think the most interesting thing mentioned in the video was the fact that a week’s worth of NY Times even contains more information than a typical person in the 18th century would have come across in his/her entire lifetime. This totally captures how much information we have come to create and process everyday living in a data and…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
A farm game called HayDay on my Iphone stores the players’ data and put it on a board to rank amongst different players (usually friends on Facebook.) A row would be player’s data and some columns would be number of eggs collected, number of milk jugs collected, number of truck deliveries, etc.
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 7 years, 9 months ago
This is an article from Pew Research that reveals the different views between men and women among Clinton’s supporters. The research shows that half of her supporters think that Clinton’s “being held to a higher standard than past presidents because she is a woman.” Also, the percentage of female supporters who hold this view is higher than that…[Read more]
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Ngoc Thi Que Tran posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
I think that “simply” and “explore” are directly linked and so they are equally most important. Simplifying without being oversimplified allows data visualization to be immediately understood by whoever looks at it, at the same time leaves way for further explorations and deductions. This can also mean that it has to visually communicate well with…[Read more]