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TechIntersections_Slides.pdf

 TechIntersections_Slides.pdf

In my talk, I’m going to explore how we can answer our own questions through data exploration and how to foster curiosity. By taking the audience through one of my experiments, I will give them an overview of how to obtain and analyze data to reach a conclusion.

Omayeli Arenyeka

January 17, 2018
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  4. “What is the gender distribution of the people I follow?”

    @jessejiryudavis https://www.proporti.onl
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  6. Where you can get data • ProgrammableWeb: https://www.programmableweb.com/ • Data.world

    • Data.gov • Scraping APIs CheerioJS, BeautifulSoup @YellzHeard
  7. Men 1. Work only: 85.2% Parent or Spouse: 14.8% 2.

    Parent: 55.5% Spouse: 45.5% Women 1. Work only: 87.4% Parent or Spouse: 12.6% 2. Parent: 77.8% Spouse: 22.2%
  8. • Active vs passive learning. • Acknowledging your limited knowledge.

    • Cultivating curiosity and overcoming ignorance. • Actually...