Announce your group and its members using this form by 4/5.
Those who have not found a group by this deadline will be assigned randomly to the groups.
Submit Your Individual Assignment 2
Submit your individual assignment 2 (answer sheet and Excel spreadsheet) using this form:
Extra Office Hours!
Here are some extra office hours to get help with the Individual Assignment 2!
ALEKSI
- Thursday (3/30): 3–5pm, – in-person in room Speakman 206D
- Friday (3/31): 4.30–5.30pm – in-person in room Speakman 206D
- Monday (4/3): 3.00–4.00pm – in-person in room Speakman 206D
RHIANNON
- Friday (3/31): 5.30–6.30pm – Zoom: https://temple.zoom.us/j/3979325337
- Monday (4/3): 3.00–4.00pm – in-person in room Alter Hall 607
- Wednesday (4/5): 3.00–4.00pm – in-person in room Alter Hall 607
MapReduce and Hadoop Technology
Here is a simple introduction to the concepts behind MapReduce and Hadoop Big Data technologies.
Note that the products themselves are less interesting than the idea of how we can process huge amounts of data effectively.
Key Performance Indicator
Wikipedia has fairly good articles on KPIs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_indicator) and the SMART criteria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria).
Week 9 reading quiz
Here is the link for week 9 quiz.
https://forms.gle/MAqzau2m2K2eHVdf7
You need to complete the quiz before our session starts on Monday.
Relative vs. Absolute Cell References in Excel
Here is a short clip explaining how relative cell references differ from absolute cell references in Excel.
Here is also a link to my Excel demo spreadsheet.
What is a Relational Database?
This video demonstrates differences between a relational database and an Excel spreadsheet for storing data:
Individual Assignment 2 Specification and Dataset
Here are the specification and dataset for Individual Assignment 2 due 4/5.
Week 8 reading quiz
Here is the link for week 8 quiz.
https://forms.gle/TYhSF6hiwTV9Zp1a9
You need to complete the quiz before our session starts on Monday.