Entries by Daphne Hanson

The advanced analytics

Describe how advanced analytics can contribute to describing the community’s needs, defining the right mix of services, and monitoring performance. Other than internal records (financials, EHR, HR), what sources of information should be used? What role does population health play?

The map projection process

Describe the map projection process from beginning to end using and defining the terms geoid, the reference ellipsoid, generating globe, developable surface, and point/line of tangency along the way.

The vector and raster data models

Describe the vector and raster data models in detail, noting which kinds of data are best represented by each, the differences between the two, the advantages and disadvantages of each, the data structure of each, and the types of vector and raster data file formats.

The Kepler Mission

Describe briefly NASA’s Kepler Mission and its question to find exoplanets. How does one go about finding a planet circling a star tens or hundreds of light years from Earth?