Raymond Wu

https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2017/mar/03/most-disapprove-of-phone-use-while-driving-but-plenty-still-do-it
This article is about countries in the United Kingdom that is starting to issue tougher penalties for people that are caught using their cellphones while driving. The penalties may include: twice as many penalty points and…[Read more]

Simplify is the most important when talking about data visualization because you want the data to be simple enough so that everyone can understand it as well as having the most important data on it. Having a visual that is too crowded and all over the place may have more data in the visual but it is not visually pleasing and it will be harder for…[Read more]

As many others have stated, the sporting industry will be affected by data science. The existence of big data can help sport teams notice trends that can help the team. Teams can use big data to help with the process of recruiting players and scouting them. Relating to the sporting industry, fantasy football or betting on specific sports team will…[Read more]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/complete-history-of-the-nba/#sixers

This article demonstrates a method called “Elo” that can help rate an NBA team across the decades. The most interesting part of the “Elo” method is that you can pick a specific team from any era and it can calculate their ratings.The main components of the ratings are…[Read more]

The first example of conventional wisdom that came to mind would be, to not go to sleep right after eating a big meal because it causes indigestion. The data that needs to collected would be the duration of time a person needs to spend resting before going to bed after a big meal. The data can be collected by conducting surveys from people and…[Read more]

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