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Taylor Irene Wasem posted a new activity comment 7 years, 10 months ago
From my perspective, the biggest takeaway from this class has been learning how to use Excel more in depth. As a finance major, some of the number functions that we have learned will really come in handy throughout my career. I have used Excel briefly before in my job, but now I am much more familiar with the program. I would tell another student…[Read more]
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Taylor Irene Wasem posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
A data driven website that I use often is Twitter. On a spreadsheet, a row would be an individual tweet. The corresponding columns for that tweet would include the twitter name of the person who tweeted it, the time or date it was tweeted, how many favorites it got, how many retweets it got and there could even be a column about the subject of the tweet.
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Taylor Irene Wasem posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/early-voting-data-shows-whos-turning-out-1478281004
This article discusses updates on the current presidential election. Due to early and absentee voting, data has already begun collecting regarding the election. The article includes some of this data that has been gathered thanks to these early voters. The article…[Read more] -
Taylor Irene Wasem posted a new activity comment 8 years, 1 month ago
An example of conventional wisdom that I have often heard throughout my academic career is, “an extra hour of sleep is more beneficial than an extra hour of studying.” This is a statement that I would love to believe, considering most people would enjoy that additional hour of sleep as opposed to studying. Testing this could be somewhat difficult,…[Read more]