This video demonstrates differences between a relational database and an Excel spreadsheet for storing data:
Reading Quiz for Week 7
Submit your answers to the reading quiz by the end of week (my mistake, I did not make the quiz available on last Friday!)
How Bad Data Ruins Your Day
Here are some of my favorite horror stories how things went wrong due to bad data:
https://www.simscale.com/blog/2017/12/nasa-mars-climate-orbiter-metric/
2.2 Data Dictionary Submission Form
Submit your data dictionary using this form:
Infographics
Differences between infographics and data visualizations are discussed in these two posts:
https://www.statsilk.com/blog/real-difference-between-infographics-and-data-visualizations
https://killervisualstrategies.com/blog/difference-between-infographics-data-visualization.html
We use Piktochart to create an infographic on MIS0855, but there a numerous other web-based tools available:
Exam 1 Study Guide
The study guide for the exam 1 is here!
Telling Stories with Data
There are several ‘how to’ articles on how to tell a story with data, just google ‘telling stories with data’:
https://www.google.com/search?q=telling+stories+with+data
They all tell pretty much the same story, so you can choose the one that works for you.
Individual Assignment 1
Here is the specification and dataset for the Individual Assignment 1 (due March 9).
Reading Quiz for Week 5
Submit your answers to the reading quiz by 2/7 before class starts:
4.2 Tableau Workbook Submission Form
Submit your Tableau workbook using this form: