Self-Evaluation: Using Data in Problem-Solving, Growth Mindset, and Working with Teams

Discussion Topic 1:
The following question will give you a chance to self-evaluate, to think about what you've been learning in this course, and to draw your own conclusions about how you can apply your problem solving skill in your life. Your answers may be used to determine how to improve the program for future students. Your answers will not be used for marketing purposes. Please respond in a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences to fully address the question. Be sure to use your own words!
Consider your own experiences using data to solve problems in your personal and professional life. Share 2-3 specific examples of the ways data has helped you make a decision at home, work, or school.
Here are some examples of how you can use data to solve problems at work. Feel free to include any of these examples in your submission with an explanation of how data helped you make a decision in the workplace.
Accounting/Finance (ACC/FIN):
Financial decisions and budgeting.
Accounting and financial policies.
Stock/Cryptocurrency Technical Analysis
Criminal Justice (CRJ):
Crime reduction and trends.
Budgeting for Specific Programs
Algorithms to predict how defendants will act in and after trial.
Analytical tools used to inform ethical planning, decision making, and problem solving in criminal agencies and related organizations
Human Resource (HR):
Human resource policies.
Training processes.
Assessments.
Health Services (HSA):
Health and nutrition.
Medical Testing.
Prevention.
Information Technology/ Information Systems (IT/IS)
Algorithms for programming/coding.
Data mining.
Artificial Intelligence
Management (MGT):
Quality testing in products.
Productivity/workflow at work.
Political campaigns.
Environmental protection / Emergency preparedness.
Marketing (MKT):
Real Estate-Conduct Market analysis to plan advertising strategy.
Creating models to gather insights.
Predicting customer behavior.
Discussion Topic 2:
Review the video, Fixed, Mixed and Growth Mindset. Then, think about a time when you adopted a growth mindset. Tell us about a time when a “try, fail, try again” approach helped you do something hard, or something that you had never done before.
Discussion Topic 3
This week you are introduced to the importance of teams, and you will share about your experiences working in teams, preferably workplace teams.
This week's resources cover what a team is, why a team is important, and what teams do. What are some of the best experiences you've had working as a team? Why were they so successful? What was the worst team experience you've had? What made it tough to be on that team?