Samuel Huang

before this class, i have very little knowledge about what data is, nothing more than is just a term, but this course really taught me so much about data, now i have a more clear idea about what data is, how important and fast growing it is. if i have to tell a future mis scholar, i would say whatever you learn in this class will not be wasted,…[Read more]

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252658
I chose this article is because is recently posted,so it’s not outdated. and it’s business related. this article gave us great tips on using data as a resourceful advantage. first we need to aim our data’s consumer, with the right target we will find out the purpose of this data, then choose the correct…[Read more]

Ebay
row: each different transaction order number
column: product type; price; quantity;review rates.

an example of KPI would be the winning percentage of a sports team during each season. this is specific because the percentage is number we can look at, it’s measurable because it can be compare to other team’s winning percentage, it’s achievable because each team can improve themselve when they have a low winning precentage, it’s relevant…[Read more]

I think the most important mistake we should avoid is start working on a data base without doing a full backup first. because in real life, when we working on a data base mistakes can always happen, that’s why we always need to double check and review our work, if without a backup or a checkpoint for that, it could be lot harder for double check…[Read more]

http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/10-mistakes-enterprises-make-big-data-projects
this article is about 10 common mistakes companies make when they using big data, all of them are pretty impressive and realistic. i think the most interesting one to me is company often underestimate the quality of data. i think that can apply to almost everywhere…[Read more]

in my opinion,i think all of those core principles are important, but if i have to pick one, i would choose the simplicity, because in order for the data user to use the data visualization, the visualization should be easy to understand as well as attractive to readers. data visualization could be long and detailed but it should be simple enough…[Read more]

in my opinion, the most take away from Michael Dagar’s speech is get the idea how data can actually apply to our daily life and makes it easier. also how he analyze the data using different tools from the database. He used temple students as example, by analyzing those data it helps people make their decision easier and with more pertinence. it h…[Read more]

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-news-and-world-report-best-universities-ranking-2015-9
This article is posted on 9/10/2015. it is a list of the world best universities ranking. it is about data because this list includes input from both academic peers and high school guidance counselors and also graduation and retention rates.

examples of conventional wisdom is money can’t buy happiness/money can buy happiness. The data i would collect to test it are surveies from both the rich and poor, and see if they are happy or not, and what are their thoughts on this problem.