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Thomas Hess commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by November 30, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
In my opinion, the most important takeaway from this course is learning how to analyze data. We must first be careful of what data we choose, know how to clean that data, and finally know how to derive information and knowledge from data. This course has taught me all of these steps, and how to use tools such as Tableau and Excel to do so. If I…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by November 16, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
Google Drive is a file storage service developed by Google. Google Drive stores all kinds of files including Word documents and Powerpoints and allows users to collaborate on documents. A row in Google Drive’s database would be information on an individual file. Columns would include metadata on the file including the upload date, contributors,…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 9, on the site 6 years, 11 months ago
This article is about the recent mobile data leak of 46 million users in Malaysia. The leaked data includes personal user information, ID card numbers, mobile phone numbers, SIM card information, and addresses. The main threat of…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by October 26, on the site 7 years ago
An example of a KPI I use is my time spent commuting to Temple. It is specific and measurable as I can track the time from when I leave my house to the time I arrive at Temple. It is achievable as I can alter my driving route depending on traffic and the time of day in order to reduce the time; and I can also set a time goal for myself each day.…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 19, on the site 7 years ago
All of the listed “data corruption tricks” can be detrimental to extracting information from the data within Excel, however I believe sorting a spreadsheet and not including all of the columns, #4, is the most important to avoid. I believe this is the worst mistake as when this happens you may not realize it and extract invalid assumptions from…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by October 12, on the site 7 years ago
This article discusses how Big Data could help prevent fatal heart attacks in the future. They predict in the future large smartphone manufacturers including Samsung and Apple will begin adding sensors…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
In my opinion, simplifying the data visualization is the most important of the eight core principles. As the main purpose of data visualization is to allow viewers to be able to quickly understand the data and its’ conclusions, simplifying the data visualization is key. When a visualization is too complicated or even adds complexity to a data…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
The article I found about data is from the New York Times regarding the recent Equifax data breach. This data breach is significant as financial information of as many as 143 million Americans has been leaked, including…[Read more]
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Thomas Hess posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
The conventional wisdom statement I first thought of is that practice makes perfect, or those who practice something more will be more skilled than those who do not. I believe this is generally true, however some people are born to be experts in certain areas. The way to test this statement is to have to groups of people who have never practiced a…[Read more]