Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Too many data!!!!
I finally finish entering my data into Excel, and it was very time-consuming. It took me about 3 hours to enter 300 data. It was so time consuming because for each city on my list I have to use Google map to find out how far it is from
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Analyzing Data
Now I am ready to analyze my data. First of all I need to gather all my data into one pile, since I have it all over the place. Then I have to spend hours upon hours trying to calculate the distance in miles each place is from
Monday, April 6, 2009
Data Collection?
I am already done with my data collection. I had asked about 300 people what city and state they are from. I got people from around the
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Who Am I Suppose to Present My Data to?
Now that I am done with my data analysis toolbox I need to start looking for someone to present my data to. Since my topic is about tourists, I think I should present my project to the people at the New Orleans Tourist Bureau. So what I did is that I use the Google search engine to find out who is on the staff for New Orleans Tourist Bureau. Well I find out the real name of this tourist bureau is
I also would like to present my information to the Times-Picayune. My information would either be in the Living or Travel section of the newspaper since it is about
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Data Analysis Toolbox Revised
So I have been working on my data analysis toolbox. There is a few more changes I made to it. These changes include talking about how New Orleanians could have a taste of the world right from their hometown. New Orleanians are always talking about going somewhere else to learn about other cultures. But a lot of people from other cultures come to
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Data Collection
I am still in the process of collecting my data. I have collected a lot of data. I think I have collected about three hundred people already. There is one thing I did different last weekend then I did the previous weekends. I ask where my customers are from city and state. Before I just ask what state they are from, but now I also ask what city. By doing this I can be more precise in my data collection. Since I have to calculate the number of miles by using this information, I want to be as precise as possible. This project have really help me to get to know my customers better.