Staci Curry

The most important thing I have learned from this course is specially what data is & how to work better with excel. I feel as though I have a much better understanding at what data specially is than I have before. I would say this course is about learning how to handle data by doing things like cleaning it or being able to apply data to something…[Read more]

A data driven site/app that I use almost everyday is Apple music. If this data was transformed into a spreadsheet it would include things like genre, name of playlist, artist in the columns. Then in the rows it would include the name of the song.

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings/ This article shows the NFL football rankings so far this year. It is interesting to me because the Eagles are the number one team right now and that is Philadelphia’s football team. It is so awesome to see this since we haven’t done this good in a very long time.

A KPI that I use on a regular basis is one on my phone that tells me where the most battery percentage is being lost on my phone (which apps are using the most battery life). It measures the percentage I use on each app and even the time spent just having my phone on the home screen. This KPI can help me to balance the apps that I am using the…[Read more]

A problem I’ve had was with number 9: Copying formulas. When I was on excel I went to copy and past a cell into my formula & I accidentally cut the cell and the cell moved over & messed up the rest of the rows because the same formula that was in the cell was in all of the cells so when it was erased it messed up the rest.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/09/15/the-most-meaningful-college-majors-2017/#684178985b67
This article talks about some of the most meaningful majors to chose from in college. I enjoyed this article because I have just recently changed my major and it is hard doing so when you don’t really know what you want to do or if you’re…[Read more]

To me the most important principle is explore. When dealing with data it is important to be exploring all and every possible piece of data. You want to be able to get the most data so exploring all options is the way to get. The more data will call for more accurate results.

To me, I believe that the most important principle is explore. When it comes to something that is involving data, you should be exploring every and all types of data. It is important to get the most for your data set because then it will be more accurate.

One example of Conventional Wisdom is that people believe those who have a busier schedule tend to get better grades. We do not know if that is true so we would to test this on a bunch of students. One set of students we could use are those who are involved in multiple clubs and organizations and then those who are usually sitting at home doing nothing.