Philip James Tocci

The takeaways from this course I find most important are Excel and SQL. During the internship interviews i had this semester every firm asked me about my Excel proficiency. Learning the framework of SQL in class then furthering my learning independently did help me in my interviews. Having a solid base of Excel and SQL allowed me to accept my…[Read more]

My business question that can be answered using a decision tree would be whether or not a designer should release a new piece to their collection such as sunglasses, wallets, leather goods etc. They would want to exam the age of potential customers, income of those customers, gender, and loyalty to the designer (if they are a repeat customer or not).

Facebook uses r for a varitey of functions. They are “Exploratory Data Analysis, Experimental Analysis, Big-Data Visualization, Human Resources, and user behaviour analysis related to status updates and profile pictures.” This allows Facebook to stay on top of current trends and predict future ones.…[Read more]

Student Loan Debt: America’s Next Bubble to Burst

I found this infographic intriguing in telling the narrative of how student loan debt in America is spiraling out of control. The information is presented in a logical manner, with the first two layers showing the true scope of the problem before the third layer…[Read more]

You can use a join if you are doing analytics for a company selling a product. For example, if you worked for an automobile manufacture you could join customers and which vehicles they purchased. Doing this join would allow you to see what types of vehicles sold in which states.

For me the hardest part was navigating the wordiness of the scenarios. This simulates a real world experience where the subjects you interview for gathering requirements will want to tell you every last detail, whether or not it is relevant. So having to sort the redundant and irrelevant information was the hardest part for me.

I read an article last semester explaining how the NBA game has been transformed due to data analytics. The data showed that players had nearly the same probability of successfully converting a mid range shot as they do a 3-point shot. The 3-point shot has a 50% increased benefit over the mid-range shot worth only 2 points. Therefore, teams like…[Read more]

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