Byte 1 results

Post date: Jan 23, 2016 4:27:19 PM

This is the first year that I've opened the door to any data set for Byte 1, and the results have been fascinating. You looked at everything from butterflies to open ski resorts. Some highlights

• Human trafficking is an enormous issue - but I didn't realize just how prevalent it was until I looked at this Byte.
• Very interesting connections between income and SAT scores
• A useful summary of restaurant safety ratings in Pittsburgh. I was sad to see that a favorite near my house had only a B!
• Two of you were interested in obesity rates, one looked more at relationship to heart disease, the other physical activity.
• How prevalent is terrorism and how does this relate to what we hear in the media? Explore this Byte to find out.
• What are some interesting factors in youth smoking?

I also saw some things that made me ponder. For example, in this chart of fatality by airlines, I really wanted to know how that related to the number of flights (because an airline that has more total flights but the same fatality rate per flight might look worse than it should). Also, this summary of the refuge crisis was very interesting, but I was having trouble telling whether the dots were about refugee origin, or their current location. I'm not critiquing these assignments, but they definitely did make me want to know more (as did many of your projects!).