Olivia Catherine Rosati

My biggest takeaway from this course is that data is everywhere. I always thought of data as just a bunch of numbers and would never pertain to my major. To my surprise, I can connect raw data to speech pathology. I could take a sentence filled with speech errors and make an excel sheet and be able to tell what is most commonly confused in his/her…[Read more]

For Instagram,
Columns: number of posts, number of followers, number of following
Rows: Likes, comments; given and received, locations, tagged posts

Our group members are:
Olivia Rosati
Scarlet Wu
Christi Mac
Mikaela Kozel
Jonathan Richman
We are going to create a map showing restaurant closings in Philadelphia by location by year.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mars-madness-68-cool-things-about-mars-go-head-to-head/
This article is called Mars Madness, a spinoff March Madness. It is a fun way to learn about Mars and all the rovers, martians, orbiters, and even failures. They had seeding: Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final 4 for each ‘region of competition.’ No. 1 Curiosity…[Read more]

A KPI I use on a regular basis is my PNC Virtual Wallet.
Specific/measurable: It tells me my current balance and keeps track of my pending transactions.
Achievable: It lets me know when I hit a certain balance and I can deposit more to reach a goal of rent, shopping, etc.
Relevant: If I do not have enough money for rent, I can be…[Read more]

I have never really worked with Excel before so I have not made any of these mistakes. I think number three is the most important problem to avoid: “start working on the database without doing a full backup first.” I always save everything that I do about 3 times before I am actually finished working on whatever it is. I get very paranoid that wha…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/nov/18/top-10-budget-beach-hotels-mexico-pacific-coast-bed-breakfast
With spring break just around the corner, many students travel to warmer climates, preferably with beaches. This article names the top 10 cheaper beach hotels on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. All of these hotels stretch along the 1,000 mile…[Read more]

I think the most important principle is “simplify.” It is important to know when you are oversimplifying, especially based on the audience the data is being presented to. Communication is key. If very few people in the audience have extensive knowledge on the topic, you will probably have to break it down more, but you would not simplify it like…[Read more]

The most important takeaway from Maurice Whetstone’s talk was that data is literally everywhere. I thought it was interesting how all the “behind the scenes” workers are the backbone of QVC. They tell the sellers on camera what to say or how to kill airtime. I never stopped to think about the people who weren’t on screen. I thought the one story h…[Read more]

La Trobe University students published their review on apps that are basically created to help children with speech disorders. So many apps can be used from day-to-day that help the clients practice outside of the clinic. They can increase involvement with family members, and helps give meaningful data for us, as speech pathologists, to monitor…[Read more]

Conventional wisdom statement: “Study hard or else you’ll fail.” Since the beginning of our schooling, we were told to take an allotted amount of time from our day to study for a test or quiz. Everyone has had the one test they forgot about and had no time to study for. One way to test this is to have a group study for a few days then take the…[Read more]