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Paula Cuerquis commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
I think the most important takeaway from this course is that data is literally everywhere and being able to actively sort and analyze data is something future employers are going to want from their employees/new hires. In this class, I learned that there are so many insights that you can pull from data and that those insights are crucial in any…[Read more]
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Paula Cuerquis commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
An example of a data-driven service that I use regularly would be Amazon. If I were to store the data (of my purchases) for that service in a spreadsheet, the information would be formatted by rows = list of products and columns = product name, order date, shipped date, delivered date, delivery location, price, and average customer rating. We…[Read more]
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Paula Cuerquis commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
An article I recently read was: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2017/oct/31/terror-trends-what-are-the-most-common-phobias-among-us-adults. I thought it was only fitting to include it here since Halloween was just a week ago. The article presents data about the most common phobias among adults. As an advertising student, I found this…[Read more]
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Paula Cuerquis commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
An example of a KPI that I use is the amount of money I spend on food. It is specific and measurable because I can see an exact dollar amount of my total spend for the week and I can also break it down to individual purchases. It is achievable because I can review the amount of money I am spending, at any time of the week, and I can choose to make…[Read more]
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Paula Cuerquis commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 7 years ago
In my Digital Analytics and Reporting class, we spend a copious amount of time on Excel. One thing that I always mess up on is when I’m sorting data and I forget to include a row or column during selection. In doing so, when answering follow up questions on homework, I find that I get the answer wrong because the number in (for example) Column J…[Read more]
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Paula Cuerquis commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by October 12, on the site 7 years ago
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2017-college-football-predictions/
This article depicts information on the 2017 college football teams season outcomes. It ranks the teams in order from the lowest possibility of winning the playoffs to listing out the top 4 competitors of the season. The dataset includes information on a teams losses and…[Read more] -
Paula Cuerquis posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
In my opinion, “simplify” has to be one of the most important principles. We live in a world where— if things don’t make sense, quickly, we tend to move on. For instance, in college, we’re taught that our resumes, although text heavy, need to be appealing and grab the readers attention within 6 seconds. In six seconds your potential employer w…[Read more]
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Paula Cuerquis posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
This article is very interesting. It’s an analysis of who people tend/are more likely to marry based on their specific occupation. The article makes an interesting point that you’re more likely to marry people in your specific profession because those are the people you are exposed to most…[Read more] -
Paula Cuerquis posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
As a female, something that has always been looming throughout my teenage years is the saying “beauty is pain.” I’ve always found this statement to be quite dramatic because I don’t believe that “with pain comes beauty.” In order to disprove this type of conventional wisdom, I would collect data based on a specific beauty regime that often causes…[Read more]