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Tyler McCaw commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by April 19, 2017, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
The most important takeaway from this class for me will be how to use Excel and Tableau in order to make graphs and info graphics in order to make business decisions. I think that will be a very important tool to have when I am in the field of accounting when I graduate. I think the accounting industry is moving towards more data analytics and…[Read more]
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Tyler McCaw posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
A data-driven service that I use would be Facebook where people post on their personal account for friends to see. A row would be a particular post, number of likes, number of shares, how many comments were made, and possible location of where the photo or post occurred.
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Tyler McCaw posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/03/25/big-data-the-winning-formula-in-sports/#1ecc3e9c34de
This article was very interesting to me because it is discussing how data can now be seen in the sports industry. Many professional organizations are allowing GPS trackers to be worn in both practices and games to measure how well there…[Read more] -
Tyler McCaw posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
An example of a KPI is the fitness material on my Apple Watch. This is specific and measurable because it measures steps, calories burned, and amount of time walking/running. It is achievable because it sets goals for you based on weight and will tell you if you completed them. It is time-variant because it wants to achieve these goals everyday…[Read more]
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Tyler McCaw commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by March 8, 2017, on the site 7 years, 7 months ago
One mistake I have made while using Excel was #9. I think everyone has done when they first use Excel but I was trying to use a formula that I used in a previous cell and totally forgot about the cell reference. It messed up my entire spreadsheet and I had to go back and fix each mistake I made for the rest of cells. It was extremely frustrating.
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Tyler McCaw commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 7 years, 8 months ago
After reading Hoven’s article and the things we were taught in class I think the Ask Why part is the most important. Being able to ask questions about the data you have or the results of the data can really help you make better decisions. It could also get rid of any potential bias that is in your data and this will allow you to make the best…[Read more]
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Tyler McCaw posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
The most important part about our discussion of bias was how it can alter people’s decisions in bigger ways than I thought. Also I thought it was interesting to find the bias in online sites like Yelp. Also the signal problem was interesting because I learned you can’t just accept the data as always being correct. You actually have to dig and do…[Read more]
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Tyler McCaw posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
One piece of conventional wisdom that I have heard is “No pain, No gain.” The data I would collect for this would be to use two weightlifters. I would have one go extremely hard until he starts to feel the pain of the lift by using more weight and less reps. For the other lifter I would use a smaller amount of weight but maybe use more…[Read more]