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Information Governance week 5-2

 Discussion Week 5 – The Role of Blockchain in Information Governance Options Menu: Forum

While blockchain is successful with cryptocurrencies, it is also beneficial for information governance in businesses. After reading this article  (https://www.everteam.com/en/role-of-blockchain-in-information-governance/), discuss at least two ways you foresee blockchain transforming information governance in businesses. Be sure to utilize sources and provide at least one detailed example of your findings.

— 600 words

online discussion

 

There are many ways to misrepresent data through visualizations of data. There are a variety of websites that exist solely to put these types of graphics on display, to discredit otherwise somewhat credible sources. Leo (2019), an employee of The Economist, wrote an article about the mistakes found within the magazine she works for. Misrepresentations were the topic of Sosulski (2016) in her blog. This is discussed in the course textbook, as well (Kirk, 2016, p. 305).

After reading through these references use the data attached to this forum to create two visualizations in R depicting the same information. In one, create a subtle misrepresentation of the data. In the other remove the misrepresentation. Add static images of the two visualizations to your post. Provide your interpretations of each visualization along with the programming code you used to create the plots. Do not attach anything to the forum: insert images as shown and enter the programming code in your post.

When adding images to the discussion board, select the plus sign in the toolbar, then choose the image from your files.

 

This is the data to use for this post: Country_Data.csv

Before plotting, you must subset, group, or summarize this data into a much smaller set of points. Include your programming code for all programming work. It would be more likely that one would win a multi-million dollar lottery than plot the same information the same exact way. However, if you have, you will need to repost and make your post unique. The first post to provide the content does not need to change.

References

Kirk, A. (2016). Data visualisation: A handbook for data driven design. Sage.

Leo, S. (2019, May 27). Mistakes, we’ve drawn a few: Learning from our errors in data visualization. The Economist. https://medium.economist.com/mistakes-weve-drawn-a-few-8cdd8a42d368

Sosulski, K. (2016, January). Top 5 visualization errors [Blog]. http://www.kristensosulski.com/2016/01/top-5-data-visualization-errors/

Considerations for every forum:

Remember your initial post on the main topic must be posted by Wednesday 11:59 PM (EST). Your 2 following posts, discussing and interacting with peers’ posts must be completed by Sunday at 11:59 PM (EST). 

Your initial post should include your references, thoroughly present your ideas, and provide evidence to support those ideas.  A quality peer response post is more than stating, “I agree with you.” State why you agree with your classmate’s post. Use the purpose of the forum is to generate discussion. 

No credit will be earned for posts that are disrespectful or not on the topic of the forum.

An example post:

The factual and misrepresented plots in this post are under the context that the visualizations represent the strength of the economy in five Asian countries: Japan, Israel, and Singapore, South Korea, and Oman. The gross domestic product is the amount of product throughput. GDP per capita is the manner in which the health of the economy can be represented.

The visual is provided to access the following research question:

How does the health of the economy between five Asian countries: Japan, Israel, and Singapore, South Korea, and Oman, compare from 1952 to 2011?

gdpPerCapitaGDP

The plot titled with “GDP per Capita” is the true representation of economic health over the years of the presented countries. Japan consistently has seen the best economic health of the depicted countries. Singapore and South Korea both have large increases over the years, accelerating faster than the other countries in economic health. Oman saw significant growth in the years between 1960 and 1970, but the growth tapered off. All of the countries saw an increase in health over the provided time frame, per this dataset. Israel saw growth, but not as much as the other countries.

The plot titled without “per capita” is only GDP and does not actually represent economic health. Without acknowledging the number of persons the GDP represents, Japan is still the leading country over the time frame and within the scope of this dataset. Singapore’s metrics depict some of the larger issues of representing the GDP without considering the population. Instead of Singapore’s metrics depicting significant growth and having a level of health competitive with Japan in the true representation, Singapore has the fourth-smallest GDP. It indicates that Singapore’s economy is one of the least healthy amongst the five countries.

The programming used in R to subset, create, and save the plots:

# make two plots of the same information - one misrepresenting the data and one that does not
# use Country_Data.csv data
# plots based on the assumption the information is provided to represent the health of the countries' economy compared to other countries
# August 2020
# Dr. McClure



library(tidyverse)
library(funModeling)

library(ggthemes)

—————– Coding removed due to issues with students reposting the example post in prior courses —————–
You are required to post your code on the discussion, despite the removal in this example.

Your peers and I should be able to copy and paste your code into RStudio to render your graphics.

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# save each plot with a transparent background in the archive image folder 
ggsave(filename = "PerCapita.png",
      plot = p1,
      bg = "transparent",
      path = "./code archive/_images")
ggsave(filename = "GDP.png", 
      plot = p2,
      bg = "transparent",

Discussion

  

1. How does prescriptive analytics relate to descriptive and predictive analytics?

2. Explain the differences between static and dynamic models. How can one evolve into the other?

The above assignments should be submitted in one-word document. Include an APA cover page and a reference page.

R6

Blockchain Technology

Submit a 5 page paper (APA style) that addresses the impact of Basic Attention Token” (BAT), Blockstack and data as a commodity.

This is an essay assignment. 

Disaster recovery

 

Module 2 Assignment

Graded Assignments may be found at the end of each chapter of the required textbook under the title “Real-World Exercises”. Weekly assignments are due Sunday evening by 11:55 p.m. EST. of the respective week. Each student is to select one exercise (per module exercise) from the grouping as identified below.  Detailed and significant scholarly answers will be allotted full point value. Incomplete, inaccurate, or inadequate answers will receive less than full credit depending on the answers provided. 

C++ coding exercise about Lighting Equations (GLM)

  1. (4 pts) Complete the following function found in light.cpp
    1. (4 pts) color totalColor(const Material &mat, const LightColor &lightColor,
          const dvec3 &v,
          const dvec3 &n,
          const dvec3 &lightPos,
          const dvec3 &intersectionPt,
          bool attenuationOn,
          const LightAttenuationParameters &ATparams);
      For nowYou may assume that attenuationOn will be false. That attenuation is turned off.
  2. (6 pts) Complete the following method in the PositionalLight class:
    1. color PositionalLight::illuminate(const dvec3 &interceptWorldCoords,
         const dvec3 &normal,         const Material &material,         const Frame &eyeFrame, bool inShadow) const;

      1. (4 pts) If light is on and not in shadow, return the value computed by totalColor.
      2. (1 pt) If the light is off (i.e., not on), return black.
      3. (1 pt) If in shadow, return only the ambient contribution.

Blockchain

 We have viewed how Blockchain has made a significant impact on businesses and industries.  Select one industry and highlight the advancements Blockchain has had on that single industry. 

 

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately 3-5 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

• Support your response with the readings from the course and at least five peer-reviewed articles or scholarly journals to support your positions, claims, and observations.  

• Be clear with well-written, concise, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Research paper(10 pages) :You will respond to three separate prompts but prepare your paper as one research paper on Data Warehouse Architecture,Big Data, Green Computing

Research paper(10 pages) :You will respond to three separate prompts but prepare your paper as one research paper on Data Warehouse Architecture,Big Data, Green Computing

Start your paper with an introductory paragraph.

Prompt 1 “Data Warehouse Architecture” (3 pages): Explain the major components of a data warehouse architecture, including the various forms of data transformations needed to prepare data for a data warehouse. Also, describe in your own words current key trends in data warehousing. 

Prompt 2 “Big Data” (2 pages): Describe your understanding of big data and give an example of how you’ve seen big data used either personally or professionally. In your view, what demands is big data placing on organizations and data management technology? 

Prompt 3 “Green Computing” (2 pages):  One of our topics in Chapter 13 surrounds IT Green Computing. The need for green computing is becoming more obvious considering the amount of power needed to drive our computers, servers, routers, switches, and data centers. Discuss ways in which organizations can make their data centers “green”. In your discussion, find an example of an organization that has already implemented IT green computing strategies successfully. Discuss that organization and share your link. 

Conclude your paper with a detailed conclusion section. 

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In 300 words.  

Go online and search for information that relates to ethical hacking (white hat or gray hat hacking). Choose one of these areas explain why a company might benefit from hiring someone to hack into their systems.