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Robert C Snyder commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 7 years, 2 months ago
The most important takeaway from this class is how valuable data is for companies and how important insights can be made to benefit both the companies and consumers. The emphasis of utilizing programs to turn data into knowledge will be useful skills in the this age of big data and information overload. Tableau and excel were effective tools when…[Read more]
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Robert C Snyder commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 7 years, 2 months ago
Ebay is a data driven source used for online shopping. Columns would be product type/category, price, sales, etc and rows would be product names, quantitative data, etc. Buying behavior and trends can be identified from the data to gain key marketing data for better overall market insights. This can include prediction of trends, pricing, promotion, etc.
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Robert C Snyder commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 7 years, 3 months ago
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/bitcoins-origin-story-remains-shrouded-in-mystery-heres-why-it-matters.html
This article was interesting to me because the creator of bitcoin’s identity is still unknown and the creator essentially owns 5% of the 21 million finite supply of bitcoin. For comparison purposes, the united states holds the most gold…[Read more] -
Robert C Snyder commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by October 12, on the site 7 years, 4 months ago
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-11/bitcoin-re-taking-place-as-crypto-king-as-smaller-tokens-slide
Despite the absurd comment that Jamie Dimon (CEO of JPMorgan chase) made a few weeks ago about Bitcoin being a fraud, this article addresses how Bitcoin is close to hitting a new record high in its price. The article states that…[Read more] -
Robert C Snyder posted a new activity comment 7 years, 4 months ago
I believe “explore” is the most important of the 8 core principles of data visualization because it answers more than one question and has the potential to create more insights. By exploring, the individual can compare and experiment with the data to make it more meaningful to them. If they come across something interesting through exploration,…[Read more]
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Robert C Snyder posted a new activity comment 7 years, 4 months ago
This article addresses how South Korea has opened a physical cryptocurrency exchange that supports 6 cryptocurrencies including, BTC, BCH, ETH, ETC, XRP, and QTUM. The exchange not only allows people to purchase cryptocurrencies, but it also has…[Read more]