Shannon McDermott

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zika-virus-outbreak/new-study-shows-higher-feared-zika-risk-babies-n742571
This article is about the amount of woman effected with the Zika virus and the percentage of their babies who have some type of birth defect. Nearly 10% of women who have the Zika virus and are pregnant, result with babies with some type of…[Read more]

Activity Level
Specific: how many miles walked/ran in a day
Measurable: a fit bit watch calculates how many miles are walked throughout the day
Achievable: can walk more or less to meet certain goals
Relevant: allows one to calculate fitness to contribute to health well-being
Time: fit bit runs day by day (24 hours)

I personally have not made any of this mistakes before but the one I think that is most important is #4, the data type. If your dates change to integers that can screw up the rest of the data and make everything hard to comprehend.

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
This article talks about the changes in climate over the past thousand years. It provides data that shows our current carbon dioxide level compared to years past and how high it is in comparison. It also provides data that shows how there is less snow coverage on Earth and how the temperature of the Ocean is…[Read more]

The principle I find the most important is to be skeptical. I know that I am the type of person to read or look at something and simply just believe it without any questions asked, but who is to say that what I am seeing/hearing is true? I feel that being skeptical and trying to understand where the data and information is coming from is a…[Read more]

The most important takeaway from Brian’s talk was how big data can be personalized. I thought it was really interesting that companies can track what you are looking at and then send you ads to other similar things. I can definitely see how that can turn profit because whenever I look to buy something on amazon ads for similar things pop up on…[Read more]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/
I found this article to be extremely interesting because it is constantly updating its data as members of the senate either agree or disagree with Trump. It shows you how often the senators vote with or against Trump, how likely they are to do so, and Trump’s margin. It does this with the…[Read more]

A good example of conventional wisdom is that talking to teenagers about pregnancy prevention leads to a higher rate of sexual activity. I feel that people assume if you talk to teenagers about ways to prevent pregnancy it means that you are giving them permission to partake in sexual activity. A way this could be tested would be to collect data…[Read more]