Weekly Question #2: Complete by February 6, 2017
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on February 6, 2017. Remember, it only needs to be three or four sentences. For these weekly questions, I’m mainly interested in your opinions, not so much particular “facts” from the class!
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Here is the question (well, it’s not really a question):
Find a online article dated within last two weeks from a credible source that has something to do with data. It can be about the role of data or an interesting data-driven analysis. It should also be relevant to your major and of interest to you. Copy and paste the URL directly into your response followed by a few sentences that explain what is interesting about it.
You can use any of the sources under the “Great Data Sites” menu on the right sidebar of this page, or you can use any online news or magazine site.
In-Class Exercise 3.1: Trusting Data
Here is the exercise
Data, analytics outlook for marketing, advertising
Some of you noted you have a focus communication, PR, advertising and marketing. Here’s an IAB report/outlook on emerging data trends in advertising (as it applies to digital media).
Your reading list for Week 3
In-Class Exercise 2.2: Finding Sources of Data
Here is the exercise.
Assignment #1: Creating a Data Analysis Plan
Here are the instructions in word (and as a PDF). Make sure you read them carefully!
In-Class Exercise 2.1: Creating a Data Dictionary
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need [In-Class Exercise 2.1 – 2015 Car Fuel Econ [Start]]
Weekly Question #1: Complete by January 30, 2017
Leave your response as a comment on this post by the beginning of class on January 30, 2017. Remember, it only needs to be three or four sentences. For these weekly questions, I’m mainly interested in your opinions, not so much particular “facts” from the class!
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Here is the question:
“Conventional wisdom” are statements people generally accept as true but are never really tested. One example is the belief that a company should avoid hiring people with criminal records. These can be supported or disproven through data – i.e., Evolv’s discovery that people with criminal records are up to 1.5% more productive than the average worker.
Give an example of a piece of conventional wisdom you’ve heard and explain what data you would collect to test it.
Reading Quiz #1: Complete by January 30, 2017
Some quick instructions:
- You must complete the quiz by the start of class on January 30, 2017.
- When you click on the link, you may see a Google sign in screen. Use your AccessNet ID and password to sign in. It will then take you to the quiz.
If it says you don’t have access, make sure you’re signed out of your regular Gmail (non-TUMail) account! - You can only do the quiz once. If you submit multiple times, I’ll only use the first (oldest) one.
- This is “open book” – you can use the articles to answer the questions – but do not get help from anyone else.
- The quizzes are on all of the readings for the coming week (Monday)
Ready? Take the quiz by clicking this link.
Your reading list for Week 2
The reading list for the week are the following: