Assignment

Complete the Developing Intimacy with your Data Exercise located at the following link:

Working With Data (Click chapter 4 and then exercises)

Submit a brief paper discussing:

  • Why you selected your data set?
  • What are the physical properties of the data set?
  • What could you do/would you need to do to clean or modify the existing data to create new values to work with? 
  • What other data could you imagine would be valuable to consolidate the existing data?

Include a screenshot showing your using R, SQL, or Python to perform a manipulation of your data.

Exercises

DEVELOPING INTIMACY WITH YOUR DATA

This exercise involves you working with a dataset of your choosing. Visit the Kaggle website, browse through the options and find a dataset of interest, then follow the simple instructions to download it. With acquisition completed, work through the remaining key steps of examining, transforming and exploring your data to develop a robust familiarisation with its potential offering:

Examination: Thoroughly examine the physical properties (type, size, condition) of your dataset, noting down useful observations or descriptions where relevant.

Transformation: What could you do/would you need to do to clean or modify the existing data to create new values to work with? What other data could you imagine would be valuable to consolidate the existing data?

Exploration: Using a tool of your choice (such as Excel, Tableau, R) to visually explore the dataset in order to deepen your appreciation of the physical properties and their discoverable qualities (insights) to help you cement your understanding of their respective value. If you don’t have scope or time to use a tool, use your imagination to consider what angles of analysis you might explore if you had the opportunity? What piques your interest about this subject?

(You can, of course, repeat this exercise on any subject and any dataset of your choice, not just those on Kaggle.)

Operative Paradigm

  1. Develop a personal “operative paradigm” based on a review of the paradigmatic assumptions and concepts involved in each of the three basic methodological approaches in organization and management research. First, a brief review of the three basic methodological approaches in organization and management research is conducted. Second, the preferred personal “operative paradigm” is covered based on the following components: assumptions, concepts, propositions, hypotheses, variables, and operational definitions.
  2. The body of your paper should be 8 pages long, written in good APA, and with at least 10 references.

assign

Answer the following questions. Please ensure to use the Author, YYYY APA citations with any content brought into the assignment.  

For sparse data, discuss why considering only the presence of non-zero values might give a more accurate view of the objects than considering the actual magnitudes of values. When would such an approach not be desirable?

Describe the change in the time complexity of K-means as the number of clusters to be found increases.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of treating clustering as an optimization problem. Among other factors, consider efficiency, non-determinism, and whether an optimization-based approach captures all types of clusterings that are of interest.

What is the time and space complexity of fuzzy c-means? Of SOM? How do these complexities compare to those of K-means?

Explain the difference between likelihood and probability.

Give an example of a set of clusters in which merging based on the closeness of clusters leads to a more natural set of clusters than merging based on the strength of connection (interconnectedness) of clusters.

DISCUSSION

 

What’s simple random sampling? Is it possible to sample data  instances using a distribution different from the uniform distribution?  If so, give an example of a probability distribution of the data  instances that is different from uniform (i.e., equal probability).

All discussions should contain at least one reference (and matching in-text citation in APA format).

Order # 12027

Title: Software and Storage

Paper type Other (Not listed)

Paper format APA

Course level Undergraduate

Subject Area IT Management

# pages 1   ( or 300 words Minimum)

Spacing Double Spacing

# sources 4

Paper Details

Instructions

You have been recently promoted to IT manager and have been asked to analyze the current software and storage. Then you will need to present to the CIO the various software available as described below. You will also need to present to the CIO information about the progression of storage devices, new developments in storage devices, and how productivity is related to storage devices, along with how storage devices impact users.

Part 1

Read the following brief descriptions of software. Write 1–2 pages identifying the software by name, a detailed definition, and description.

Copyrighted software that is distributed at no cost for a trial period. After the trial period, the user is billed automatically.

Software provided for use, modification, and redistribution. There are no restrictions from the copyright holder. It is usually downloaded at no cost. The draw is that users can share improvements and personalize the software to meet their needs.

This software is an application that enables designers to create high-quality professional publications with text and graphics. Business users might use it for annual reports, marketing, and newsletters. Personal users might produce flyers, calendars, and business papers.

This technology uses radio signals to transmit with a tag in or attached to an object, animal, or even person. They are often used in retail, inventory, tickets, or to access monitored environments.

This code stores information in a vertical and horizontal direction. It stores information that requires a reader for interpretation that interacts with a Web site.

Part 2

Using research from the resources, the Capella Library, or the Internet, write 1–2 pages in which you describe the chronological progression of storage devices. Include:

Instances that spurred new development.

The effect on productivity and storage practices.

The impact on users in a professional environment.

Additional Requirements

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. Use spell check in Word to confirm spelling and grammar.

Format: Follow current APA formatting guidelines.

Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.

Length of paper: 1–2 pages per part, double-spaced.

Assignment

  

1.[13]  The oral arguments before the Supreme Court concerning the Communications Decency Act (CDA) focused extensively on determining the most appropriate analogy for cyberspace.  Arguments were presented that compared the Internet to a library, to television, and to a public place such as a street corner or park.

(a)   Why are these comparisons important?  Briefly explain the differences between libraries, television, and public places with respect to First Amendment protection.

 (b)   For each of these three analogies (library, television, and public place), describe one significant way in which the Internet is similar and one significant way in which it is different.  Explain the relevance of each of these similarities and differences to the issue of regulation of the Internet.

2.[12]   Veterinarians implant computer chips into pets and farm animals to identify them if they get lost. Some people suggest doing so for children. Discuss the privacy implications of this proposal and answer the following questions:

a. What are the risks?

b. Do the benefits outweigh the risks? If yes, in what way? If not, why not?

c. Do parents have the right to have the chips implanted in their young children?  Why or why not?

                d. If there was a bill in Congress to require ID chips in children under the age of 5, would you support it? Why or why not?

3. [10] a. Two approaches to the problem of protecting personal information are (a) the free market view and (b) the consumer protection view.  How do these points of view differ on the issue of a company disclosing personal information about its customers?  How do they differ on the issue of errors in the data about an individual that is distributed by a credit bureau?

        b. Briefly describe what an “opt-in” policy is and an “opt-out” policy is. Let’s say you were filling out a survey for an online magazine.  Give an example of what you’d see that would distinguish an opt-in from an opt-out policy.

4. [15]  a. Briefly describe the difference between negative and positive rights (liberties and claim rights). Give an example of a negative right and a positive right.

     b. Explain the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). What are its two main provisions? 

c. How are the Napster and Grokster copyright cases similar, and how are they different?

d. Explain the difference between deontological theories of ethics and utilitarian theories of ethics

Notes :   

Answer all questions in detail (At least 15 lines AND no more than 50 lines for each answer – including sub sections). Provide your justification based on earlier cases or other supporting material.  Structure and presentation of your answers will affect the points. (Cite your references in the body of the answers if needed)