Wilbert C Castillo

I use Amazon frequently, one type of data set that could be found on Amazon are product listings. One row would be an individual product, the columns would be: Product Name, Product Number, Product Price, Product Description, Product Category, Amazon Prime Eligible, Seller, Seller ID.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/in-an-election-defined-by-race-how-do-we-define-race/

The election has been very defined by race, with Donald Trump’s supporters being majority white. The article and the data itself is used to explain what we determine as race. It’s interesting to see that sometimes even a fraction of a race in your…[Read more]

I learned that bias exists in all data and in not something that can be easily eliminated in researching big data. I have encountered this bias as someone who’s hobby is in making comparisons of audio equipment. Many individuals review audio equipment objectively, but there is sometimes brand loyalty involved when making comparisons between…[Read more]