James Todd
James is a PhD candidate and teacher at Bond University. His research focuses on the practical application of data science tools in healthcare systems, with several peer-reviewed publications.
Location Australia
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James Todd replied to Jesus Sanchez
Great to have you @JesusSanchez
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James Todd replied to Phil Peters
Welcome @PhilPeters
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James Todd replied to Natalia Kuder
I hope we can teach you a few new things @NataliaKuder :)
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James Todd replied to Callum Burr
Welcome @CallumBurr
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James Todd made a comment
Fantastic work everyone - it's great to read all your reflections about what you've learned so far. Let's keep that momentum for week 2!
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Thank you for your kind words @RenateMacLennan - I hope to see you on campus someday as well :)
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James Todd replied to Mohamed Abdelrazek
Having a place you want to apply the skills from this course is great to hear @MohamedAbdelrazek , welcome!
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James Todd replied to Mohamad Shah Sheikh
Hi @MohamadShahSheikh, I hope you enjoy the course and you learn a couple of new things about excel :)
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James Todd replied to bohow bo
We're glad to have you joining us @bohowbo :)
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James Todd replied to Jesus dair yanes espitia
Welcome @Jesusdairyanesespitia
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James Todd replied to Tina M
An excellent and well-illustrated example @TinaM
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Thank you @EnasAbdEllatif and well done on completing the course!
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We're glad you enjoyed @ERINLAMBERT and hopefully you enjoy part 2 as much :)
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Your kind words and feedback mean a lot @JackieWrigley, and I'm certain you'll get a lot of value out of part 2 as well. Well done!
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Thank you @JairoPlazas, I hope you learned a lot :)
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James Todd replied to Alfred Koay
It's great to hear you enjoyed, and I'm certain you'll get a lot out of part 2 as well. Congratulations @AlfredKoay !
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James Todd replied to Ronny Taroreh
Welcome @RonnyTaroreh, we hope you enjoy!
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James Todd replied to Emeka Joel Ekwugha
We're happy to have you join it as well @EmekaJoelEkwugha :)
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James Todd replied to Alvaro Morales Rojas
Hi @AlvaroMoralesRojas it's great to hear you already have somewhere you want to apply data analytics to. That'll be a great help in understanding how the content fits into the real world!
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James Todd replied to Holly Finch
Hi @HollyFinch, I hope you enjoy the course :)
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James Todd replied to Leanne Young
Welcome @LeanneYoung!
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James Todd replied to James Todd
Great question @WaiLungKwok - in part 2 you will be able to contact us via email if you run into any problems.
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James Todd replied to Shahid Ghouri
Great to have you @ShahidGhouri
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James Todd replied to Dorota P
Welcome @DorotaP, well done on taking the initiative to learn a new skill :)
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James Todd replied to Dewayne Wright
Glad someone who has worked in data journalism @DewayneWright, it's a really exciting area!
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James Todd replied to Dimakatso Idah Mokhemisa
Welcome @DimakatsoIdahMokhemisa - I think you will find that data analytics, excel, and finance all work really well together :)
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James Todd replied to Jackie Wrigley
An excellent and classic example @JackieWrigley
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James Todd replied to Kant Klinsakul
Welcome to the course @KantKlinsakul, it's great to hear you have somewhere you want to apply the skills you will learn :)
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James Todd replied to Marcela AF
You're absolutely right @MarcelaAF! Everyday we are increasing the amount and types of data being collected, so the need for us to improve our data analytics skills is also growing. Hopefully you learn a few new things with us.
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James Todd replied to Zam Dem
Hi @ZamDem, it's fantastic to see you are continuing to improve yourself and improve your skills :)
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James Todd replied to Isher Nandra
I expect you'll have fixed those weaknesses by the end of the course @IsherNandra. Welcome!
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James Todd replied to Aidana Bagdat
Welcome @AidanaBagdat, I hope you enjoy the course :)
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James Todd replied to Jacob Kelebeng
Great to have you @JacobKelebeng - let's get you started on your analytics journey!
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James Todd replied to Diana LUCIA GRAJALES LOPERA
There are so many things that can improve your graphs - there is a lot of interesting research in the area :) You're completely right that you can use sizing and colours in your graphs as well to convey extra information @DianaLUCIAGRAJALESLOPERA
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James Todd made a comment
Well done everyone! It's been great to see the enthusiasm from you all in the course. For those of you eager for even more Data Analytics for Decision Making, I hope to see you in Part 2: https://learner.bond.edu.au
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James Todd replied to Renzo Crispin Díaz
Hi @RenzoCrispinDíaz, hopefully we have a few new things to teach you on top of what you've already learned :)
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Welcome @JavierAlejandroRiveraRodriguez, we're happy to be a part of your ongoing learning and growing!
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James Todd replied to Manlio Rivera
It's great to have you @ManlioRivera - the skills taught in this course should be a good addition to pretty much any field of study :)
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Hi @JacquelineWrigley, I haven't had anyone run into that problem yet so I'm uncertain on the cause is. I'd suggest trying to contact FutureLearn to see if they can resolve the issue or shed light on why it's happening: https://www.futurelearn.com/info/about/contact-us
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James Todd replied to Joanne Dalton
Well done on challenging yourself @JoanneDalton - the first step into a new area is always the hardest!
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James Todd replied to Aurax Fernando
@AuraxFernando R and Excel are a fantastic combination, I'm sure you'll get a lot from the course!
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James Todd replied to Ignacio López Ravera
Ethics in data analysis is a fascinating topic and I'm glad you found it interesting @IgnacioLópezRavera :)
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James Todd replied to Ntube Akale Ruth Sone
It's great to hear you've enjoyed it so far and looking forward to more @NtubeAkaleRuthSone :)
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James Todd replied to Sesle P
Having you apply these ideas in your work is the best possible result for us @SesleP !
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James Todd replied to Naif weSapi
Thank you for your kind words @NaifweSapi :)
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James Todd replied to Brian Worthington
A great example @BrianWorthington - I use histograms for this exact task often
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Excellent examples @MaríaCristinaOsorio !
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Absolutely @ROELMORALESMAGDA - visuals are how people are hardwired to take in the most information and there is a lot of interesting theory about the best way to present data.
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James Todd replied to Fleur Dickens
Thanks for joining us @FleurDickens :)
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James Todd replied to Brahim Marsi
Welcome @BrahimMarsi !
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James Todd replied to Mireille Lassueur
That's awesome to hear @MireilleLassueur! I do a lot of research in health and there are a lot of opportunities for data analytics to add value :)
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James Todd replied to Bertha Haimbodi
Great to have you @BerthaHaimbodi !
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James Todd replied to Emiliano Nicolas Rodas
Excel is definitely a must-know for finance @EmilianoNicolasRodas - hopefully it helps with your studies as well!
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James Todd replied to Verity S
That's what the course is all about so I'm sure we can help with that @VerityS :)
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James Todd replied to Olawumi Igbayemi
We hope you find the course valuable @OlawumiIgbayemi :)
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James Todd replied to Lizzy Oliver
Welcome @LizzyOliver!
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James Todd replied to Win Ko Aung
Glad to have you @WinKoAung :)
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Hi @AshleyBrodie - we've included transcripts for all other videos, it's just the very first and very last that we don't have them. I'll see about getting transcripts for these videos as well :)
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James Todd replied to Kyaw Win Oo
Hi @KyawWinOo , hopefully you learn a lot!
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James Todd replied to Mochammad Akbar
Hopefully we can teach you a new thing or two @MochammadAkbar :)
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James Todd replied to Novel Chairul
Hi @NovelChairul, I hope the course helps!
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James Todd replied to ERIN LAMBERT
Glad to see you expanding your skills Erin!
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James Todd replied to Mariantonieta Madriz
It's great to have you Mariantonieta! I hope you enjoy the course :)
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Part 2 is just being finished off at the moment @MontserratColomer and should be available soon - we look forward to having you again!
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James Todd replied to Komal Wani
We'll have part 2 ready soon @KomalWani, see you there!
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James Todd replied to amna khalil
See you in part 2 @amnakhalil !
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James Todd replied to Aimée Reis
You're exactly right @AiméeReis, and I'm glad you see the value in this course as well as the Big Data one. The foundations of analytics are key to properly understanding and facing the challenges of today's "Big Data" world. I hope you continue learning!
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Thanks for the kind feedback Linda - it means a lot! Hopefully its just the start of your learning with us as well :)
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Hi @JayGohel, yes that is what we would ordinarily do to decide which goes where.
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Hi @Kh. , @DanielRomero and @LorenaSofíaCabrera. It seems that the page is a little overloaded at the moment, but we are hoping to fix it soon. Thanks for your patience!
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James Todd made a comment
Hi everyone, it seems that a few people are also encountering a problem with uploading to the padlet. It is likely due to the number of files that have been uploaded so far - everyone has blown us away with the number of creative graphs they've made. We've asked FutureLearn to try to clean it up a bit and make space for new additions, so hopefully its all...
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Hi @EshaZafar, it seems that a few people are also encountering this problem. It is likely due to the number of files that have been uploaded so far - everyone has blown us away with the number of creative graphs they've made. We're going to try to clean it up a bit and make space for new additions, so hopefully its all sorted soon! Thanks for your patience :)
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James Todd replied to Aleja Molina
Hi @AlejaMolina, I'm glad you think you'll be able to apply these lessons! A lot of what we learned can be applied in financial investing, especially the coefficient of variation when you need to decide between different investment options.
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James Todd replied to Bel Lim
Its great to hear that we managed to add something new for you! While the mean and standard deviation are great at describing a single variable, coefficient of variation is really useful for when we have to compare multiple variables.
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It's great to hear you enjoyed the course! We hope to see you in part 2. Opt in if you want to get notified about it :)
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Thanks for the kind words @LucaNahuelLago. We hope to see you again in part 2!
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We'll look forward to seeing you in the second part. Remember to opt in so you get notified :)
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We're glad to hear you enjoyed it and we hope to see you in Part 2!
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James Todd replied to Hedra Abdo
Congratulations on finishing! We hope to see you in Part 2. Remember to opt in to get notified about it :)
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James Todd replied to Adetayo Adeleye
Hi @AdetayoAdeleye, the data for this video is available on the padlet site: https://padlet.com/danielhope/opo53bxo1tu41woq
The data we use in the course was uploaded by the FutureLearn team and can be found near the bottom of the page. It might also take a bit to load because we have been amazed at how many examples you have all shared! -
Ah, I understand now @JohnBraithwaite. You are correct that we have formulas in Excel for automatically calculating variance and standard deviation, but they don't work properly here. Those formulas are intended for the more common scenario where you have recorded a lot of data over some time period and want to directly calculate those statistics. For example,...
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James Todd replied to Montserrat Colomer
We completely agree @MontserratColomer. Using a method without understanding often leads to nonsensical results or the wrong decisions. We need understanding, and then we can start doing proper analytics!
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James Todd replied to David Clementino
Its always great to hear that someone has been able to apply these lessons outside of the course, well done @DavidClementino
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James Todd replied to Shelley Anderson
@ErikaLilianaRodriguezSerrano You're exactly right!
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Hi @JohnBraithwaite, I'm not sure I understand the question. We used this data set with the variance and standard deviation formulas to arrive at a variance of 1.24 and a standard deviation of 1.11. Let me know if I've misunderstood and I'll be happy to help :)
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@EdreesAhmedAbdulaziz There is a free certificate for completing the course and the final test :)
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James Todd replied to Jason Barton
@JasonBarton Generally, we get our probabilities with the empirical method. In this example, it is reasonable to expect that the company has done a survey of people to work out the proportion who like the taste and the colour. You are right that we are assuming that them liking the colour would mean they would want to eat it.
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James Todd replied to Beate Doerre
@BeateDoerre They are very closely related ideas. Stochastic is generally just a fancy way of saying "random". We use probabilities to describe 'stochastic' variables, though we will call them random variables in this course. You'll get familiar with what these are in the next few videos :)
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James Todd replied to Fermin Cajica
@FerminCajica Thanks Fermin, we've been very impressed with the engagement of students as well!
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James Todd replied to Felix Cano Flores
@FelixCanoFlores Another excellent quote to add to the list!
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James Todd replied to Elaine Maynard
@ElaineMaynard It's great to hear that you're taking the lessons here and finding places to apply them in your own work!
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James Todd replied to Vijay Yadav
@VijayYadav Thanks for the positive feedback! It's great to hear you enjoyed the course :)
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James Todd replied to Bob Hawkins
@BobHawkins Thats an excellent and very current example Bob. We'll have to add it to the list in https://www.statisticshowto.com/misleading-graphs/
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James Todd replied to Mirko Vlahovic
@MirkoVlahovic I'm glad you enjoyed the ethics content, its an important topic to me as well. Its great to see you thinking about real questions you could start to answer using what you have learned as well!
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James Todd replied to Shelley Anderson
@ShelleyAnderson I'm glad you took a lot away from this week (and hopefully continue to do so for week 2 as well!). The ethics part often isn't something people think of when it comes to analytics but its something I feel is really important. I think we would all be better off if we were a little bit more critical when looking at information presented to us....
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James Todd replied to James Todd
@LisaH I know it might take a minute or two to load as so many people are sharing their great work, but if it still isn't loading after that then it might be the browser you are using. Try using a different browser (for example, safari or google chrome) and see if that fixes the problem. Hope that helps!
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James Todd replied to Priyanka S
@PriyankaS Its on the way and should be uploaded soon. For now, if you look above the comments, we have a PDF transcript you can download as well. I hope that helps :)
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James Todd replied to Daniel Fidler
@SulemanAlhajiZakaria You are correct, there was an error and it has now been fixed. Good job spotting it.
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James Todd replied to [Learner left FutureLearn]
@JaideepPal You are correct, there was a mistake and it has now been corrected. Good job spotting it.
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James Todd replied to Daniel Fidler
Hi Daniel, I'm glad to hear you figured out the histogram. A lot of learning is persistence, and you clearly showed it. Keep up the good work!
