Online Discussion Questions
Online discussion questions – Day 39 (Apr 20) – Your Career
- What kind of jobs will not be replaced by robots and computers in the next 30 years?
- What should you do to survive changes in the job markets made by technologies?
Online discussion questions – Day 38 (Apr 17) – Your Career
- What kind of jobs are increasingly being replaced by robots and computers?
- What kind of jobs are increasingly being outsourced abroad?
Online discussion questions – Day 36 (Apr 13) – Predictive Analytics
- Any other examples of Predictive Analytics that you know?
- What kind of future life events could retailers like Target predict about customers? How?
- If you are a manager of an election campaign, how would you find voters that are most likely to be persuaded by your campaign?
Online discussion questions – Day 34 (Apr 8) – Beyond Numbers
- Any examples of sarcastic tweets or reviews for a company that is not straightforward to interpret as positive or negative?
- Any other examples of analysis of unstructured data?
- Any data source for sentiment analyses other than Twitter or Yelp?
Online discussion questions – Day 32 (Apr 3) – Designing Data
In the example below, there are four entities (Personnel, Member, Facility, Equipment). What are the attributes and the relationships? What are the relationship types?
Foothills Athletics is an athletic facility offering services in the greater Highlands Ranch, Colorado, area. All property owners living in Highlands Ranch are members of the Recreation Function of the Highlands Ranch Community Association (HRCA). Foothills Athletics consists of a recreation facility where residents have the opportunity to participate in athletic activities, enroll their children in day camp or preschool, or participate in an HRCA program.
- Personnel: Foothills Athletics has a number of employees, primarily fitness course instructors and administrative personnel (e.g., billing clerks, equipment managers, etc.). Records are kept on each employee, past and present, detailing employee name, address, phone number, date of hire, position, and status as either a current or former employee. Employees are assigned a unique four-digit Employee ID number when they are hired.
- Members: When joining the Foothills Athletic center, individuals are assigned a unique four-digit Member ID number. This information along with their name, address, phone number, gender, birth date, and date of membership are recorded. At the time of enrollment, each member decides on one of three available membership types along with a fixed membership fee: Platinum ($400), Gold ($300), and Silver ($200). This is a one-time fee that establishes a lifetime membership.
- Facilities and Equipment: Foothills Athletics has a variety of facilities and equipment choices. Each facility has a unique room number and a size limitation associated with it. Some of the rooms contain pieces of exercise equipment; all have a serial number (provided by its manufacturer) that is used for inventory purposes. In addition, for each piece of equipment, purchase date and the date of its last maintenance are recorded. Each piece of equipment belongs to a specific equipment type, such as stair master machine, and is assigned a unique three-digit identification number. The description, the manufacturer’s model number, and the recommended maintenance interval for that model of equipment are also kept on file. Each equipment type is associated with a single manufacturer that is referenced by a unique two-digit manufacturer ID number. Additional information maintained on each manufacturer is the company name, address, and phone number.
Online discussion questions – Day 29 (Mar 27) – Integrating Data
- If you’d like to apply for a job, which data sources will you need to get necessary data for your decision making?
- If you’d like to choose a master’s program at a graduate school, which data sources will you need to get necessary data for your decision making?
- If you’d like to find a vacation spot, which data sources will you need to get necessary data for your decision making?
Online discussion questions – Day 22 (Mar 11) – Key Performance Indicators
- What would be the key performance indicators of a high school?
- Is there any way for the high school to manipulate KPIs?
- What would be the key performance indicators of an airline company?
- Is there any way for the airline company to manipulate KPIs?
- What would be the key performance indicators of a government?
- Is there any way for the government to manipulate KPIs?
Online discussion questions – Day 18 (Feb 23) – Dirty Data
Adult Health History – HealthPlus.pdf
Adult Complete Physical Exam 20-30 Years – HealthPlus.pdf
Please share what you found from the in-class exercises today. Where could data from these forms get dirty?
Online discussion questions – Day 17 (Feb 20) – Avoiding Data Distortion
Please share misleading data visualization you’ve found today in-class with URL. Why is it misleading, and how can we correct it?
Online discussion questions – Day 12 (Feb 9) – Communicating Data
- Can you find examples of good data visualization on the Web that communicate the key messages well? Why is it effective?
- How would you improve any data visualization of federal student loan data that we looked at the class today?