UTS - Portfolio

36200 Argument, Evidence and Intuition Assessment Task 3 - A Contentious Issue Anthony Hamilton Student No.  10168577 The Presentation / Report can be found at http://anthony-hamilton-36200.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/the-quantified-self.html The Reflection can be found on the last page Should Australia increase the rate of the GST ? Over recent years Australia’s government expenditure has been greater than its revenue, well since 2008 Figures from the ABS In the recent figures published by ABS at the end of the September t axation revenue decreased 15.1% to $99,763m from $117,469m in the June quarter 2014. Furthermore, general government sector expenses exceeded revenue resulting in a Government Finance Statistics net operating balance of –$19,288m. or in other words we are spending more than what we are earning. Why has expenditure increased? Well spending has increased just as it has historically and yet revenue has also i...

36200 Argument, Evidence and Intuition Assessment Task 2 - Developing a Self Study Program Anthony Hamilton Student No.  10168577 The Report Area of interest – Gambling Horse Racing The challenge can Mathematics as predict the result of a horse racing event using Pythagorean equation and if there is any difference in using Euclidean metrics Goals The aim of this mathematical calculation id to discover or document the come of a number of race events to establish if a mathematical formula can predict the outcome of a horse racing event The equation would take an existing data which is readily available such as a horse’s previous form along with the odds at publication   The equation would be for a number of specific types of race that is races where horse have qualified or won a least one race to enter Pythagorean equation To begin we test two variables Odds of Horse winning against the sum of the horses prev...

36200 Argument, Evidence and Intuition Assessment Task 1 - The Quantified Self Anthony Hamilton Student No.  10168577 The Presentation / Report can be found at http://anthony-hamilton-36200.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/the-quantified-self.html The Reflection can be found on the next page The Report Introduction As Technology continues to evolve handheld devices offer a cost effect way of recording large amounts of data on the human being. The Quantified self is about tracking one's person it offer an opportunity to set goals and live a more healthy life. This report is based on my personal Kilojoule counting. Method To record the number of kilojoules consumed on Smart phone and or iPad through my daily activities. My Fitness Pal has been downloaded and installed from www.myfitnesspal.com data has been record from a 2 week period ending on January 21st 2015. Foods consumed have been recorded by selection from the My Fitness Pal data base...