Rebeka Pilkauskas

A data-driven service that I use daily would be Apple Music, which is a music streaming service. Some of the columns I would expect to see on a spreadsheet of the data from this would be things such as artists, song titles, length of songs, number of playlists and their titles, the lengths of playlists. Another spreadsheet may include data…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/declaring-opioids-a-health-emergency-could-make-treatment-more-widely-available/
This article talks about the recent declaration of opioid abuse a public health emergency and how this could make treatment more widely available for those addicted. I found it interesting because medication-assisted treatment…[Read more]

A KPI that I use regularly are my current grades. It is specific to how well I am doing on the assignments in my classes. It measures point values on assignments, exams, etc. and percentages. I can set achievable goals for myself; for example I can aim to get 100% on all of my homework assignments. It is relevant to my success in school and,…[Read more]

I think it is important to avoid mistake #3, which is working on a database without doing a full back up first. This is a very important step because many things could go wrong that would compromise your work, such as a computer malfunction or a program malfunction. These could cause you to lose your work and if you haven’t backed it up you will…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/26/national-park-plastics-bottled-water-ban
This article discusses the ban on plastic water bottles in national parks and the negative effects of the reversal of this ban. I found this article interesting because it mentioned that this ban saves 2 million plastic bottles from being discarded in…[Read more]

I think one of the most important principles would be “ask why”. Being able to visualize data is helpful of course, but it is very important to know how and why that data came to be. Knowing the how and the why about data can lead to the ability to solve problems or make improvements.

https://data.cms.gov/Medicare-Inpatient/Inpatient-Prospective-Payment-System-IPPS-Provider/97k6-zzx3/data

The data set that I found through Data.gov lists the average price of what is covered by insurance, Medicare, and average payments for inpatient treatments in medical facilities throughout the country. One thing that I found interesting…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/06/lack-of-sleep-could-contribute-to-mental-health-problems-researchers-reveal

This article links lack of sleep to mental health issues. Data collected through online surveys found that those with insomnia had higher instances of mental health issues, such as depression anxiety, and symptoms of…[Read more]

A piece of conventional wisdom that I have heard is that if you don’t wear a jacket outside during the fall and winter, you will catch a cold. In order to test this, you would need to collect data on the temperature outside, instances when a jacket is worn or not, and whether or not those that did not wear a jacket caught a cold after being outside.