Tableau file for AmerisourceBergen Challenge (Assignment #3)
AmerisourceBergen Challenge.zip
This Tableau file will help you start AmerisourceBergen Challenge (http://ibit.temple.edu/analytics/can-small-independent-pharmacies-compete-with-the-big-chains/)
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Assignment #3 – Temple Analytics Challenge (due by Oct 28)
MIS 0855 Fall 2016 – Assignment #3 – Temple Analytics Challenge.pdf
Temple Analytics Chellange – http://ibit.temple.edu/analytics/
In-Class Exercise – Week 07-2 – Creating Inforgraphics
In-Class Exercise – Week 07-1 – Finding Data Distortion
Week 07 – Data Visualization – class slides and videos
Week 07 – Data Visualization (III) (color).pdf
Identifying Misleading Graphs – Konst Math (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETbc8GIhfHo)
Exam #1 grades and Unofficial LETTER Grades posted on Gradebook
I have posted Exam #1 grades and unofficial LETTER grades on MIS Community Gradebook at http://community.mis.temple.edu/gradebook.
The unofficial letter grades are strictly unofficial and only to inform what you would get if this is the end of the semester. Be advised that your final grades depend on your performance for the rest of the semester.
If you would like to take a look at your Exam #1, please drop by my office hours next Monday (Oct 10) or Thursday (Oct 13).
Assignment #2 grading completed
Assignment #2 grading has been completed. You can find your grading sheet, answer key, and Tableau solution file at Blackboard.
In-Class Exercise – Week 06 – Advanced Data Visualization
Exam #1 – Thursday, Oct 6, 5:30 – 6:10 PM
Week 05 – Data Visualization – class slides and videos
Week 05 – Data Visualization (I) (color).pdf
Crimes 1999-2014.zip (Tableau file)
The Art of Data Visualization – PBS (http://video.pbs.org/video/2365039781/)
The Beauty of Data Visualization – TED (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg)
In-Class Exercise – Week 05 – Finding Cool Data Visualization
In-Class Exercise – Week 05 – Finding Cood Data Visualization.pdf
- Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics)
- Pew Research Center (http://www.pewresearch.org/)
- The Economist (http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail)
- The New York Times (https://twitter.com/nytgraphics)
- The Wall Street Journals (https://www.pinterest.com/wsjgraphics/wsj-graphics/)
- The Washington Post (http://postgraphics.tumblr.com/)
- USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/topic/E01C4890-85A2-4E0B-A3DD-58BD88E71251/interactive-graphics/)
Extended Office Hours for Assignment #2 – Friday, Sep 30, 1 – 5pm
I will have extended office hours on Friday, Sep 30 at 1 – 5pm. Please drop by my office if you have a question or need help in Assignment #2!
Best Assignment #1
Grading of Assignment #1 completed
The grades are available in Blackboard.
Assignment #2 – Analyze Data Using Tableau (due by Sep 30)
In-Class Exercise – Week 04 – Visualizing with Maps
In-Class Exercise – Week 03 – FoodAtlas.twb (solution)
Unzip the above file, and you’ll find the solution Tableau file for last week’s in-class exercise.
Examples of not-so-interesting hypotheses
Hypothesis 1. “CSI is a better television show than Law and Order.”
Hypothesis 2. “MLB All Star game was more entertaining back in the 1990s than it is in the 2010s.”
Hypotheses 1 and 2 are not testable. It needs to be more specific in terms of measurement. How can we measure about “better television show”? How to measure the degree of “entertaining”?
Hypothesis 3. “The cost of living is cheaper in Philadelphia than New York.”
Hypotheses 1-3 are not interesting because they compare only a set of two facts (e.g. cost of living in Philadelphia and New York, quality/popularity of CSI and Law and Order). Instead of comparing the cost of living in two cities, a better hypothesis could be “the cost of living is higher at a city whose annual average temperature is between 70F and 80F than at other cities.” By doing so, we compare cost of living and temperatures in multiple cities.
Hypothesis 4. “A city with higher inches of rainfall has more rainy days in a year.”
Hypothesis 4 is too obvious. You’ll get better grades from hypotheses whose rationale could be counter-intuitive and surprising.