Big Data – Visualization Creation & Analysis

C​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍​OURSE: BIG DATA & SMART CITIES If very confident using data sets, Find a data story to tell, and a data set to work with, and use your skills and knowledge to present a piece of journalism to showcase your findings. Inspiration: Mona Chalabi, “Coronavirus is revealing how broken America’s economy really is”, The Guardian, 6 Apr 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-american-reaction-economy-covid-19 — OR — Find & research project using BBC Media Action’s DataPortal: https://dataportal.bbcmediaaction.org/site/ *Choose a data set and then choose a question you would like to answer. This then leads you to sub-questions. Once you have chosen a question you can filter the data by attributes like age, education, gender, occupation and location (urban/rural). Pakistan: Resilience: How do people view their lives? Relate back to sustainability where it makes sense and applicable to question being answered 2,000 word max Can be 8+ sources ________________________________________ General Report Guidance -In the introductory section of your report, define the geographic and or/thematic location of your report. What question are you trying to answer? What story are you trying to tell? What is the context of your piece of ‘data journalism’ -Make sure you stat​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍​e the origin of the data you are employing or critiquing. Where has it come from? Is it open-source? Is it topical, or does the work need repeating to improve its currency? -What methods are being employed/are you using to analyze and/or visualize the data? ***Visualization from Tableau or PowerBI required to tell the story and analyze chosen data set; MUST BE ORIGINAL WITH PROOF OF CREATION – visual created can be snip, with another snip showing author/creator name -Make sure any graphic visualizations you create or use are high quality (go back to the module session and resources on data visualization for information on what makes a good or bad graphic. -What story have you told, and how does the data support that story? What is the importance of the investigation (place the work into the context of the sustainability/smart city theme you have chosen) -Use the knowledge and understanding you have gained from undertaking the module and also make sure you integrate and cite reading materials / information sources that you were directed to during the module together with other information sources you have found independently; -Ground your insights with specific reference to relevant examples and case studies in the real world. -Use headings and sub-headings to give your report a clear structure and to help you fo​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‍​cus your ideas.