Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Wednesday November 20, 2013 - Google Products - HW #8 Linear Regression

Google Hardware


Why is google getting into hardware?


GOOGLE GLASS


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnB06um5r4







GOOGLE CAR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_xRPA0CjJg


GOOGLE FIBER












CHROME BOOK




Homework #8 - Linear Regression

Define Linear Regression
To describe the linear association between quantitative variables, a statistical procedure called regression often is used to construct a model. Regression is used to assess the contribution of one or more independent variables  to one dependent variable. 

It also can be used to predict the value of one variable based on the values of others. When there is only one independent variable and when the relationship can be expressed as a straight line, the procedure is called simple linear regression. 

If there are more than one independent variable, then its called multiple regression 
(See HW#9).

As a business major, you will see both linear and multiple regression again, possibly many time in future classes. Homework #8 and #9 will provide a simple introduction and more importantly how to use Excel to solve problems. Again you will see this again.

HW #8 Data for Student Exam

HW#8 Steps:

  1. Watch the video(s) below (there are both PC & MAC videos)
  2. Download the excel file for HW#8
  3. Take Exam on classmarker.com (Friday 9 am until Sunday midnight)


Excel 2010 Windows






Excel 2011 - MAC

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Google Glass!

BY: Richard Hodge

Many of us spend a significant portion of our day glued to our smartphones, or to other connected devices. Reading social media or checking out the weather or otherwise dipping into the wealth of data at our disposal will typically consume all of our attention, making it hard to do anything else. Google Glass might offer a solution to this problem.

Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project.  Glass is being developed by Google X, which has worked on other futuristic technologies such as driverless cars. The project was announced on Google+ by Project Glass lead Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses.

Glass responds to voice commands as well as taps and gestures on the touch-sensitive bar that runs along the side of the frame. You can start a search with "Ok Glass.." and take a photo or launch an app with a command phrase or a tap of your finger. Glass can also be paired with a phone using the My Glass app to allow quick fiddling with settings and customization.

Current versions of Glass offer a 640 x 360 display. According to Google the display is "the equivalent of a 25-inch high definition screen from eight feet away." There is a 5 megapixel camera built-in to the frame that can also capture video at 720p resolution.

There was speculation that Glass may launch early, before the end of 2013 but no announcement has been forthcoming from Google. While waiting for the full release, we had some thoughts about where Google Glass may be headed by the end of the decade. If Google's wearable future comes to pass, just what will the world of tech look like by 2020?








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Coin

By: D'Angelo Gantt Jr.

I believe the release of Coin will have one of the biggest impacts on the world's economy. This one card has the capability to pay for any necessity in the world. Coin has the ability to make life simple, improve and fit for any individual. This card reduces clutter within a person's wallet and it allows a person to process all of their other cards onto one. More importantly, a person can process any card onto the Coin which includes debit cards, credit cards, membership cards and loyalty cards.

Next, the way people add cards onto the Coin is by using a mobile app to manage, add and sync different cards. Coin can currently be used anywhere within the U.S., but have not been processed in every location across the world. The release of the Coin is the summer of 2014, and each card will cost $100. I believe this was a great invention and will make a change for the best in our economy.



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Ultra efficient solar power


By Denzel Butler

Finding the perfect energy source has been a problem in the world for a long time, we have tried wind water, oil, solar power, etc... Scientist  Harry Atwater believes that he and his lab have created a new solar panel that can generate more than twice as much as a normal solar panel. He says that this solar panel will be more affordable than the other panels and will be able to filter light from all sides.

This can help out the world in so many ways, solar energy is the greatest source of reusable energy. The sun is not going away, or the earth is not flying into it, for a few hundred billion years, or maybe longer. This panel is also great for the environment, the carbon footprint that burning coals leaves by realizing carbon dioxide will no longer be a problem. It is also cheaper for people when it comes to fuel cost.
           
Harry Atwater believes that in a few years this panel will be ready, and I believe that people should go out and switch to solar power. People will not switch right away but once the people realize how much they can save, and how they can save the planet they will gladly switch over.        

   
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Monday November 18, 2013 - Traditonal Class - End of Reconstruction beginning of Jim Crow

Monday November 18, 2013 - Traditional Class

The Southern States worked hard after the Civil War to reject the Reconstruction Acts passed by Congress and added to the Constitution. It took over 40 years but they succeed by the early 1900's to enact laws and use other tools to put Black Men "back in their place".

Read the two articles below that describe in more detail, how that was done. The third article describes how it is being done again today, to "take our country back".

Slavery Exam #4 - Jim Crow
Start Tuesday November 19, 2013 ends Sunday November 24, 2013 midnight
This Exam will be based on the three articles below

1870-1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfranchisement_after_Reconstruction_era


End of an era
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7YTbHUTVM2KR0NYaFlrUnJ1azQ/edit?usp=sharing


2012-now
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/three_ways_the_gop_has_disenfranchised_voters/



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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Wednesday November 13, 2013 - Prerecorded Class -

Read this blog post instead of a prerecorded video.

Homework Slavery #3
Read the chapters from the book below


Chapters to read for exam: 

  1. Preface, 
  2. Chapter 1 and 
  3. Chapter 32 (the last chapter). I had Chapter 31, but that was a typo.
The actual number of pages are unknown because it based on your reading device.

Read atleast these three sections and take the exam.

Take Exam Slavery #3 on Classmarker.com

This Exam will be open from Thursday November 14, 2013 at 9AM and must be completed by Sunday November 17, 2013 by midnight.

Do not forget Monday's assignment.
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Monday November 11, 2013 Pre-recorded Class

Class: Prerecorded Class

There is no class today.

I am handing out Homework #7, which is Excel Charts. See the previous Blog Post for instructions and videos.

I do not need to provide a prerecorded video, just read the previous blog. If you have any questions, text me, but do not wait until the last minute. Too many students wait until Sunday evening and try and contact me to answer questions. 

That is too late!

It's mostly the same students each week. Come on and get it done early. This last minute stuff will not work in the corporate world.

Also, I know some of you are not paying attention in class, you are on the web. Then you tell on yourself by asking me a basic question, I went over during the lecture.
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