Formal Instructions for Final Paper
As previously discussed in class, the final deliverable will be a paper in lieu of a final examination.
You are expected to select a research question to be answered via Data Analytics, decide on the dataset(s) to be utilized, determine what analysis is appropriate to answer your question, and carry out the necessary data analysis. You may undertake any type of research question on any topic. You should consider having 2 to 4 research questions using the same data. These can be easier identification or descriptive analytics, or you may pursue more complexity predictive or diagnostic analytics. Easier research questions done well will score similarly to more difficult questions done well, there will be no point penalty for choosing more manageable tasks.
As part of the process, you may should undertake descriptive analytics and diagnostic analytics. If you wish, you may undertake predictive analytics as well.
The deliverable is a write-up detailing the research question, why it is interesting, the methods utilized, and the findings of the research. The expectation is 3-4 pages double spaced including tables and figures.
Please pay attention to the deadline of 11:59pm, May 12th 2023.
The following are links to some publicly available datasets. You may also use any other publicly available dataset such as those of the census bureau.
https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/free-public-data-setsLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.
https://www.kaggle.com/datasetsLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.
https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/top-100-open-source-datasets-for-data-science-cd5a8d67cc3dLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.