In the first semester of the IT minor, I learned how to take raw data and make it into information. I learned some of the essential functions in Google Sheets, like average, count, count_if, and unique, as well as some more advanced functions like query. Understanding how to make the basic functions work, helped me establish a foundation that would help me in creating queries for my second assignment as well as helping me in the second semester of the minor when I started working in a database. Below I am showcasing my data assignments from the first semester. For each assignment, I wrote a reflection about what I learned, how I accomplished the assignment, and what I would do if I had to do it over again, and excerpts of those posts are below.
Assignment One
Excelling with Google Sheets
Excel and Google Sheets were always a nightmare for me to think about. I hated the thought of using either one. It was mostly because I really didn’t know how to work with either program and it was one of the reasons I wanted to minor in information technology. So as the semester continued and […]
Assignment Two
How I Created Lemonade from Lemons
BackGround For my final project this semester in data organization I was tasked with retrieving data and creating information from the data. To better understand my data and information, you need to understand the scenario that was created for the data. Imagine you are a CEO of a tech firm that wants to better understand […]
