Briefly describe one aspect of the dashboard you would change in order to improve it.  (Short answer: 50 words or less)

Match each variable to its correct type (Discrete or Continuous).

In data analytics, what is the purpose of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)?

True or False: Data cleaning and preparation are not necessary if your dataset is sufficiently small.

What is the difference between a Discrete and a Continuous variable?

In class, we discussed Pixar’s methodology, among others, as an example of effective storytelling.  Which option below is an appropriate method to use when telling a data story?

An insurance company issued an insurance policy to a homeowner. The policy failed to contain certain coverage terms required by a state insurance statute. When the homeowner suffered a loss due to a theft that was within the policy’s terms, the insurance company refused to pay, claiming that the contract was unenforceable because it violated the statute. Will the homeowner succeed in an action against the insurance company to recover for the loss?

Perez is a 17-year-old high school student. The city in which Perez lives built a fancy course for mountain bike riding complete with hills, jumps, slopes, and gnarly terrain. Perez decided to buy a mountain bike to ride on the course.  Perez went to a local bike dealer, Downhill Bikes. Perez told the salesperson at Downhill Bikes about Perez’s desire to purchase a mountain bike to ride on the local course. The salesperson indicated he was familiar with the course and could show Perez a number of mountain bikes suitable for such riding. The salesman recommended the “Anti-Gravity 3000,” a great looking mountain bike.  Sandy, the salesman, knew the Anti-Gravity 3000 was on sale because it had multiple durability and quality control problems leading to parts of the bike breaking when subject to stress. But Sandy did not tell Perez about these problems. Instead, Sandy told Perez: “This is a really tough bike. Just the thing for jumps and hills.” Perez bought the bike – paying $1,000 down and promising to pay an additional $1,000 in two months. This arrangement was documented in an ordinary store receipt for the $1,000 down payment and short document, signed by Perez, indicating when Perez was to pay the balance. The bike was on sale and had a tag saying, “No returns or exchanges on sale price bikes.”  The next day, Perez took the bike to the park and started riding the course. At the bottom of the first large jump, the front fork, the back wheel’s spokes, and the lower bar of the main frame all failed. The bike literally fell apart on impact.  By some miracle, Perez was uninjured but he is determined to get a refund on the purchase price. Downhill Bikes refused to give Perez a refund or an exchange because (1) of the bike’s tag and (2) the bike is no longer ridable. Downhill also demands payment of the unpaid $1,000. Discuss. 

Plumduff is a folk band that performs sea shanties and Celtic folk songs. In January 2022, Plumduff entered into an oral contract with Donniegale, an Irish-style nautical themed pub, to perform in February 2023 for a total of ten nights (five nights in each of two weeks) at Donniegale for $2,000 each night, paid by check at the end of each week.  The first night went well as the pub crowd was very happy with the performance. The next night, the pub was packed. Donniegale is a large pub that could accommodate nearly 400 customers. On nights with entertainment, Donniegale earned a cover charge as well as the food and beverage income stream.  On the third night, the pub was full to capacity with a line halfway around the block. At the last minute before Plumduff’s performance was scheduled to start, Plumduff’s lead singer demanded an extra $1,000 for each remaining night (7 nights). The crowd was getting restless and chanting the band’s name. Donniegale’s manager agreed to pay the extra $1,000 per remaining night and signed a memo promising to do so. The manager had authority to enter into and modify contracts for the pub.  At the end of the first week, Donniegale’s manager gave Plumduff a check for $10,000 (the amount in the original contract) and refused to pay the extra $3,000 agreed to in the memo. Plumduff refuses to perform the second week and sues Donniegale. Discuss.

A patient owed a physician $25,000 for professional services. The physician orally assigned this claim to her adult daughter as a wedding gift. Shortly thereafter, the physician suffered substantial losses in the stock market, and assigned by a signed writing the same claim to her stockbroker in partial satisfaction of previous financial advances legally made by the broker to the physician in the physician’s previous stock-market transactions. Without knowledge of either assignment, the patient subsequently paid the physician the $25,000 then due, which the physician promptly lost at a horse track, although she remains solvent. Assuming that Article 9 of the UCC does not apply to either of the assignments in this situation, which of the following is a correct statement of the parties’ rights and liabilities?