Thuy Ta

The most important takeaway from this class is unlearning to trust the data. Now I know that there are so many unstructured data and we need to collect and analyze them carefully and correctly. I just cannot simply trust every information I find on the Internet anymore. I have to read the metadata and check the consistency to see whether there is…[Read more]

For the bank account,
The row would be each transaction.
The columns would be the place of the transaction, the amount of money in the transaction, the available amount of money left in the account.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-white-house-takes-its-attacks-on-jobs-data-to-a-new-and-dangerous-level/

I find this article is interesting because I always thought the unemployment rate of below 5% in the U.S was a really good thing. This article says that Trump and his administration accuse Obama administration of “manipulating” the…[Read more]

The KPI that I use daily is the percentage of battery on my phone. The battery percentage tells me how often I use the phone or which applications require lots of battery such as video call. It is specific and measurable because battery percentage is precise. It is achievable because I can charge my phone for some certain cases in which I need to…[Read more]

One of my most unforgetful Excel mistakes involves number 4 – sorting. It was last summer when I was recruiting attendants for my 200-person study-abroad event. Instead of only clicking the first cell of the column I wanted to sort, I selected the entire column and sort. Hence, all the data mixed up but the worst part was I did not realize that. I…[Read more]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/datablog/2016/aug/19/thirty-years-of-pixar-from-toy-story-to-finding-dory-the-studios-biggest-hits

This article really fascinates me because I’m a big fan of Pixar and animated movie. The thing I love about this article is the data visualization which shows the budget and the profit of movies categorized by…[Read more]

I think all 8 principles are equally important because good data visualization has to include all of them. However, the principle “Be Skeptical” stays with me after the reading. Most of us, or at least me, tends to accept the first answer for our question, probably not because exploring further is hard as the article says. In fact, we…[Read more]

The most important takeaway from Maurice Whetstone’s talk on Thursday for me was the vital role of data in business. According to his questions in the very beginning of the talk, no companies now work without data. Data is significantly important in business that from data analysis, business/companies can find the best time to sell a product and w…[Read more]

CARBON COUNTDOWN CLOCK
I found this article is pretty interesting because it has an automatical clock on the screen showing the carbon CO2. The Earth provides us a finite amount of carbon (2900 GtCO2-e) that we can use. According to Global Carbon Project, we only have 19 years and 336 days left until our carbon budget will be exceeded if our…[Read more]

One of the conventional wisdom is “study-abroad experience helps you get a job easier.” Lots of schools, take study abroad department of Temple for example, strongly encourage their students to study abroad for a summer or semester/year to experience the new culture and new environment where students will be challenged and stretch themselves. It…[Read more]