Nicholas Charles Napolitan

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-gops-corporate-tax-cut-may-not-be-as-big-as-it-looks/

This article evaluates the current GOP tax plan and its greater implications. Using data currently available on corporate tax rates vs. what corporations actually pay in taxes, FiveThirtyEight takes a look at how much of a benefit would truly be…[Read more]

I would say that the most important takeaway from this class is that, generally speaking,” it’s not all about the numbers” – meaning that while data in and of itself is powerful and plenty, the analysis of data is even more important. For data to be able to engage an audience and make persuasive arguments, it must be organized, clearly evaluated,…[Read more]

DARS is a data-driven service that I regularly visit. Rows could be individual courses, while the columns would consist of all of the descriptive information and student data; these would include fields such as Course Location, Semester/Year, Subject, Final Grade, Grade Point Earned, Number of Attempts.

A KPI that I often look at is the battery monitor on my laptop. It is Specific and Measurable because it displays to me both the remaining battery life expressed as a percentage and its remaining operational time. It is Achievable because I can affect and increase the remaining battery life through the available power settings. It is very…[Read more]

Since I cannot recall a specific instance in which I have made one of these mistakes, I’ll say that the most important one to avoid is #3: Start working on the database without doing a full backup first. Not backing up an original version of a database before making edits can be catastrophic to its function and distort the information that is…[Read more]

Conventional wisdom would say that getting a job with good job security and adequate compensation is much more likely when having a college degree. To measure the truth of this wisdom, I would first identify specific occupations and group them by their likelihood of requiring a college degree. Then, consulting sources such as the U.S. Census…[Read more]

“Simplify” can certainly be argued to be the most important principle of visualization. Without simplification of information, especially large sets of information, the audience is left to interpret more pieces than they should be responsible for. In many instances, being forced to try to understand/read a graphic will deter an audience from…[Read more]