Robert M Ritrovato

The most important takeaway from this course in my opinion is that data is everywhere and there are so many different ways to view and display it. Using excel and tableau are great tools that we go to take away from being in the course that we can now use in our future endeavors.

Data-driven service- Instagram
Rows- Username and bio
Columns- # Photos posted, # of followers, # of following

I am working with Tyler Velez, Benjamin Thomas, Samantha Sederstrand
our project will be done on Walmart store data.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/04/gambling-software-helped-amateur-make-1300-in-12-days.html
This article comes from CNBC, the article is about “Justin” an amateur gamble who, thanks to the NCAA tournament made $1300 in just 12 days. By buying access to offshore sports books he was able to study gambling patterns and learn how to make the best…[Read more]

Heart rate during exercise on fitbit/apple watch
Specific: beats per minute while exercising
Measurable: resting heart rate vs. heart rate while exercising.
Achievable: keep track of beats per minute, does it change
Relevant: exercise more, lower your beats per minute while working out
Time: Minutes spent inside target heart rate during exercise.

Without question the biggest mistake I make when using data is that I click yes without reading the message attached about removing from the server. I too hastily skim through messages and try to speed through my work which actually causes me too slow down. I think this is a very popular problem, people in the world today are in a rush to work and…[Read more]

This article is about the introduction of sensors into sports for the use of collecting data. Sports like football and baseball are currently the leaders in terms of interests, they would use these sensors to measure strength of impact in football, and bat speed, pitch, and trajectory of a hit in baseball.…[Read more]

In my opinion the most important principle of data visualization is to compare. If you have a set of data and nothing to compare it to, there is no point in having it. Comparing numbers and data is what we do in order to understand data, make future assumptions and be more efficient as a company in future decisions.

Brian’s talk was a fun break from the normal class structure, he was entertaining as well as very smart and did a great job educating us on big data and how companies use it to their benefit. I though the most interesting part was that with most companies we are kept as a serial number not as a name, this shows that companies aren’t focused on us…[Read more]

https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/01/31/Super-Bowl-TV-advertising-main-event/
With the big game coming up this Sunday I thought finding a article with super bowl data was very fitting. The data in the article has to do with how important the super bowl is in terms of commercials. Commercials during the super bowl consistently enhances the brand…[Read more]

A good example of conventional wisdom that standardized tests accurately judge and place students in the correct course based of their “intelligence.” Students are all different in their interests and in the way they process/learn information. Testing all students on the same scale may be “fair” in the sense that everyone has the same problems to…[Read more]