Data Science - Department of Management Information Systems, Temple University

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Week 2 Quiz Due (you can click the highlights to get the related content)

Week 1 Key Takeaways

data versus information versus knowledge concepts
- data are “raw unorganized facts”
- information is useful insights derived from data
- knowledge is the skillful application of data-driven insights to practice
- in an extended view, knowledge is needed to produce data
correlation is not equal to causation, but the correlation can be taken to suggest that there may be a causal relationship
according to Nate Silver, four steps of turning data into information are: collection, organization, explanation, and generalization

Exam, Assignment, Project, and Quiz Dues

three in-person and closed exams will happen on 9/29 (Thursday), 10/27 (Thursday), and 12/01 (Thursday)
two individual assignments will be due on 10/13 (Thursday) and 11/10 (Thursday)
the final group project will need to have 4-5 students in one group and is due on 12/06 (Tuesday)
quizzes are normally due before the start of the first class (Tuesday) of a week

Instructions to get Tableau software:

Download the latest version of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder from here: https://www.tableau.com/tft/activation
Click on the link above and select “Download Tableau Desktop” and “Download Tableau Prep Builder” (we need to use both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder)
On the form, enter your school email address for Business email and enter the name of your school for Organization.
Activate with the product key TCVB-B1D4-A680-1321-2667

Week2 Quiz and Week1 Summary