Online Discussion Questions
Online discussion questions – Day 7 (Jan 28) – Data Visualization
Find a cool data visualization anywhere on the Internet (try newspaper/magazine sites such as New York Times or Technology Review).
- What are the sources of the data visualized?
- What are the key messages in these graphics?
- What kind of delivery means do the graphics adopt to deliver the messages?
Online discussion questions – Day 6 (Jan 26) – Mistrusting Data
- What kind of unreliable data did you find today from Yelp, Amazon.com, or YouTube? Why do you think is unreliable?
- What are the examples of questionable data/information we can find around us everyday?
Online discussion questions – Day 5 (Jan 23) – Identifying Data Sources
- Which ideas have you come up with from the group exercise today? Which data source and what can you do to make things better?
- Can you find other open government data Web sites?
Online discussion questions – Day 4 (Jan 21) – Data and Metadata
What would be the examples of metadata around us? (other than the ones we discussed in class)
Online discussion questions – Day 3 (Jan 16) – Data and Science
- What hypotheses did you come up with in your group exercise? What are the theories or rationales behind them?
- “Beautiful women can be bad for men’s health.” (link) – what would be the theories behind it (other than the one in the news)?
Day 2 (Jan 14) – Data, Information, and Knowledge – online discussion questions
- What are the examples in data, information, and knowledge, other than what we discussed in-class (student grades, stock prices, and crimes)?
- What kind of data did you find around Alter and Speakman Hall today and what kind of information can we drive from it?
Day 1 – online discussion questions
- What does it mean by “fighting a crime is all about information?” What does it mean by “connecting the dots”?
- Without enough information, would police detectives depend on what to find a suspect? Why is that a problem?
- Why do we need data in finding a job or buying a house?
- What is “information overload”?
What do you think? Share your thoughts that you couldn’t share in-class today.