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Final Project!
April 16, 2013
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Grading Breakdown
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Final Project
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
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Final Project
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
ANYTHING Numerical Data
Textual Data Twitter Data
Geographical Data ...
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Final Project
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
ANYTHING Numerical Data
Textual Data Twitter Data
Geographical Data ...
ANYTHING COMPUTATIONAL
Find Trends/Patterns Predict Outliers/Groups
Describe Anomalies Assess Someone’s Claims
...
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Final Project
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
ANYTHING Numerical Data
Textual Data Twitter Data
Geographical Data ...
ANYTHING COMPUTATIONAL
Find Trends/Patterns Predict Outliers/Groups
Describe Anomalies Assess Someone’s Claims
...
ANY TOOL Excel or Python
Probably...
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Final Project
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
ANYTHING Numerical Data
Textual Data Twitter Data
Geographical Data ...
ANYTHING COMPUTATIONAL
Find Trends/Patterns Predict Outliers/Groups
Describe Anomalies Assess Someone’s Claims
...
ANY TOOL Excel or Python
Probably...
ANY ANALYSIS Plots, Tables, KML Files, ...
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Final Project
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
ANYTHING Numerical Data
Textual Data Twitter Data
Geographical Data ...
ANYTHING COMPUTATIONAL
Find Trends/Patterns Predict Outliers/Groups
Describe Anomalies Assess Someone’s Claims
...
ANY TOOL Excel or Python
Probably...
ANY ANALYSIS Plots, Tables, KML Files, ...
Only Constant: you will use computers to process data automatically
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Today
• What do we wish we had
known before?
• Example Final Projects
• Visitor!
• General Project Description
– Scope
– Timeline
• Let’s Get Started
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What do we wish we had known before?
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Today
• What do we wish we had
known before?
• Example Final Projects
• Visitor!
• General Project Description
– Scope
– Timeline
• Let’s Get Started
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Example 1: Where should I Live?
I want to buy a house somewhere near my hometown. Where should I buy?
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Kasey Hass’s Project https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/house-hunting-mecklenburg-county/home
In Each Zip Code: Rent price: Red dollar sign Vacancies: For sale sign Income: Green dollar sign Marriage rate: Wedding rings
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Example 1: Where should I Live?
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Kasey Hass’s Project https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/house-hunting-mecklenburg-county/home
In Each Zip Code: Rent price: Red dollar sign Vacancies: For sale sign Income: Green dollar sign Marriage rate: Wedding rings
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Example 1: Where should I Live?
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Kasey Hass’s Project https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/house-hunting-mecklenburg-county/home
In Each Zip Code: Rent price: Red dollar sign Vacancies: For sale sign Income: Green dollar sign Marriage rate: Wedding rings
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Example 2: Athletes & Geography
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers
• Professional Canadian hockey players
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Example 2: Athletes & Geography
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers
• Professional Canadian hockey players
– Mostly born in January.
– Few are born in December.
– Junior league’s cutoff is Dec. 31st
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Example 2: Athletes & Geography
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers
• Professional Canadian hockey players
– Mostly born in January.
– Few are born in December.
– Junior league’s cutoff is Dec. 31st
• Any association between professional players and where they were born?
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Example 2: Athletes & Geography
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Daniel Newmark’s Project https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/daniel-s-data/project-4--distribution-of-athletes
Football (NFL) Hockey (NHL)
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Example 3: Growth of Top Digital Media Companies
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How does the Growth Rate Compare in the Past 10 Years?
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Example 3: Growth of Top Digital Media Companies
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Nicholas Talbott’s Project https://sites.google.com/site/growthofdigitalmediacompanies/home
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=QDtDF6_mrkc
One KML File for Each Year Logo Size shows Growth
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Visitor!
Gideon Goldin, PhD student in CLPS
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Today
• What do we wish we had
known before?
• Example Final Projects
• Visitor!
• General Project Description
– Scope
– Timeline
• Let’s Get Started
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Project Description
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Project (Due Tues, May 7)
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Today
• What do we wish we had
known before?
• Example Final Projects
• Visitor!
• General Project Description
– Scope
– Timeline
• Let’s Get Started
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Scope – Think Big! (& Have Backup Plans)
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
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Scope – Think Big! (& Have Backup Plans)
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Utilize MANY data sources to test your claim.
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Scope – Think Big! (& Have Backup Plans)
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Analyze the same dataset in DIFFERENT ways:
Make a number of related claims/hypotheses
Utilize MANY data sources to test your claim.
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Scope – Think Big! (& Have Backup Plans)
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Analyze the same dataset in DIFFERENT ways:
Make a number of related claims/hypotheses
Utilize MANY data sources to test your claim.
GENERALIZE the Program Try to Implement something we
haven’t discussed
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Scope – Think Big! (& Have Backup Plans)
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Analyze the same dataset in DIFFERENT ways:
Make a number of related claims/hypotheses
Utilize MANY data sources to test your claim.
Display the Results in Different Ways
GENERALIZE the Program Try to Implement something we
haven’t discussed
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Something New: Clustering
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Something New: Clustering
Here’s an Algorithm for Clustering Data into k groups:
1. Randomly select k data points.
2. Assign all other data points to the closest selected point.
3. Recompute each group’s mean point.
4. Repeat Steps 2 & 3 until nothing changes any more.
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Something New: Clustering
Here’s an Algorithm for Clustering Data into k groups:
1. Randomly select k data points.
2. Assign all other data points to the closest selected point.
3. Recompute each group’s mean point.
4. Repeat Steps 2 & 3 until nothing changes any more.
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Called k-Means Clustering
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Today
• What do we wish we had
known before?
• Example Final Projects
• Visitor!
• General Project Description
– Scope
– Timeline
• Let’s Get Started
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Timeline
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Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
4/15 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19
Final Project Out In-Class Work Time
4/22 4/23 4/24 4/25 4/26
In-Class Work Time Proposal Due
In-Class Work Time
4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/3
In-Class Work Time In-Class Work Time
5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10
Final Project Due Exam Period 9-12
Meet With Staff At Least Once
Interactive Grading
Meet With Staff At Least Once
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Today
• What do we wish we had
known before?
• Example Final Projects
• Visitor!
• General Project Description
– Scope
– Timeline
• Let’s Get Started
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Before You Begin...
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Say you have a vague idea of what you want to do....
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Before You Begin...
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Where is the data? What does it look like?
What format will be easiest for you to analyze?
Say you have a vague idea of what you want to do....
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Before You Begin...
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Where is the data? What does it look like?
What format will be easiest for you to analyze?
What is your claim? Are there any sub-claims?
What are your assumptions?
Say you have a vague idea of what you want to do....
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Before You Begin...
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Where is the data? What does it look like?
What format will be easiest for you to analyze?
What is your claim? Are there any sub-claims?
What are your assumptions?
What do you want the output to be?
What analysis will best test your claim?
Say you have a vague idea of what you want to do....
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Before You Begin...
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Where is the data? What does it look like?
What format will be easiest for you to analyze?
What is your claim? Are there any sub-claims?
What are your assumptions?
What do you want the output to be?
What analysis will best test your claim?
What are the steps? What tools are best for each step?
How can you GENERALIZE for a broader analysis?
Say you have a vague idea of what you want to do....
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Let's Get Started!
• Pitch an Idea to a Partner
• Tell the Class your Idea
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Before You Begin...
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Define Problem
Find Data
Write a set of instructions
Solution
Where is the data? What does it look like?
What format will be easiest for you to analyze?
What is your claim? Are there any sub-claims?
What are your assumptions?
What do you want the output to be?
What analysis will best test your claim?
What are the steps? What tools are best for each step?
How can you GENERALIZE for a broader analysis?