Peyton Leigh Andrews

What I mostly took away from this course is how to thoroughly analyze data and take advantage of the technologies provided to me like excel and tableau. This class made me put more data and what I am analyzing into perspective. Tableau was had to learn, but in more ways than one it helps with data visualization and having your data set understood.

data driven service- snapchat
columns- how many people are on snapchat; reviews; how many snaps are sent a day; how many snaps are received a day
rows- individual numbers for each column

Case Study: Implementing Data Governance for Data Lakes and Big Data

This article focused basically on data integration for healthcare providers. They wanted to find an easier and more useful way to collect all of a patients information from different data sources and combine them so when they go to their primary care they…[Read more]

The amount of money I spend:
Specific: how much I spend daily
Measurable: the amount i make compared to the amount i spend
Achievable: keep track of money; be aware and reduce spending
Relevant: save more money, won’t spend more than i earn
Time: average money spent per week compared to money earned per week.

I have never made one of these Excel mistakes, but I think the most important to avoid is Number 4, which is sort a spreadsheet but not include all the columns. I think this is the most important because when you select all they only select certain columns and some of the data won’t be included at all. The most important part of your work is the data.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43499438/ns/business-consumer_news/t/whats-all-these-data-breaches/#.WLM8_xiZMdU
This article is based on the security of our personal information. They talk about how terrifying the Citibank and Sony hacks were and emphasize how knowledgeable hackers are becoming. This article questions the actual security of our…[Read more]

All of the 8 core principles of data visualization are equally important in my opinion because they work hand in hand on clarifying good data. If i had to pick the most important/valuable principle I would say be skeptical. The saying “There’s two sides to every story” goes along way and I think this relates to being skeptical. It happens too…[Read more]

Brian surprised me with how much time and preparation he put in to launching his start up with Twitter and it actually interested me I was talking to someone who knew so much about mobile targeting especially being that he worked with a social media website that I visit a lot. Brian helped me understand why data is important to sell in…[Read more]

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/20/super-bowl-billions-the-big-business-behind-the-big-game.html
This article I found was on the “Super Bowl Billions” it was quite interesting to me because i love football and seeing all the preparation and money that goes into the biggest event of the year. As you read the article you can see the amount of money…[Read more]

An example of Conventional Wisdom would be the idea that 90% of people don’t remember their dreams when they wake up. This can be tested by an observational study of how many people can remember their dreams word for word when they wake up. This is definitely something that is said, but not fully true because as soon as I wake up I have a story…[Read more]