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ASSIGNMENT 04 -- Mini-Project

  • Due: Midnight on Monday, 11 Oct 18 Oct (note: revised due date)
    • Check Canvas for submission details
  • Data
    • Find a dataset that you consider interesting.
    • It may be publicly-available data, or something you've worked on in a course or project.
    • You must have permission to use the data and share results.
    • If you want ideas, look in Introduction to Data
      • The section on APIs lists several places to look.
  • Stakeholder
    • Identify a stakeholder who is willing to engage with you on a project related to the data.
    • If you're having trouble identifying a stakeholder, then here are some options for you to consider...
      • Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG)
        • Project Stinky -- this is the github repo that was developed last summer.
        • The stakeholders listed in the README.md will be working with us.
        • There are several things that could be done as follow-on to this project. I can help you with that.
      • Let's Get Ready
        • There's a survey dataset that needs to be cleaned and visualized. I'm putting together a github repo for this.
        • The Director of Data and Evaluation from Let's Get Ready will be working with us.
        • This is a Northeastern University Serving-Learning partner.
    • If you want to work on one of these projects, then you've identified the stakeholder! That part's done.
      • Don't contact them yet. I'll work with you on that.
  • EDA
    • Ideally, these mini-projects could turn into term projects for the course, but you can do a little EDA right now.
      • Term projects will involve teams of ~3 students.
      • We can talk about creating teams later.
      • For now, it's okay to work individually on something of interest to you.
    • Visualization
      • Use Observable Plot to visualize the data in an Observable notebook.
      • Tell a story with the data -- that story can a term-project proposal.
  • Extra credit
    • Make it an interactive Dashboard
    • Although it's not necessary, you can use this mini-project as a proposal for your term project.
      • If multiple students choose the same stakeholder/dataset, that's okay -- we'll coordinate later.
  • Provide feedback
    • Ask questions if you want to learn more about the stakeholder projects.
    • Ask questions if you think we're going too fast!!
    • Ask questions in class or with piazza or during office hours (on Teams, Fridays, 2-4 ET) or by appointment on Teams.