Project Categories and QuestionsQuestion

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

How to improve [Financial Metric]? Business

Science What Determines Height?

Government

Sports

How are School Districts Performing?

Which Display Advertising is Better?What is causing ADR Anomalies?

How unusual was Denver’s 2013 season?

How Effective is our Email Marketing?What determines Housing Price?

Who leverages Mobile Phones while Shopping?

What is driving cost across our facilities?

Model FormulationQuestion

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

What Determines Height?

Genetics Nutrition GenderHeels

Child’s HeightParent’s Height

Genetics

Gender

Father’sHeight

Mother’sHeight

HeelsChild’sHeight

Nutrition

Get DataQuestion

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

Science What Determines Height?

Genetics Nutrition GenderHeels

Child’s HeightParent’s Height

Not able to get data for all our variables!

Heights DatasetQuestion

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

What determines height?

Not able to get data for all our variables!

Gender has the biggest effectParent’s Height also influence a Child’s Height

Genetics Nutrition GenderHeels

Child’s HeightParent’s Height

Model FormulationQuestion

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

What Determines Height?

Genetics Nutrition GenderHeels

Child’s HeightParent’s Height

Gender

Father’sHeight

Mother’sHeight

Child’sHeight

Linear Regression

Y

X’s

Height

Independent Variables

DependentVariables

Y

X4X3X2X1

Where to Get Data?Question

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

Run an Experiment Use Existing Data

Experimental Design: Medicine

“Controlled Experiment”

Experimental Design: Web Design

Experimental Design: Product Marketing

Types of Research

Types of Research

StatisticsQuestion

Brainstorm &Lit Review

Get & Prepare Data

Statistics & DataVIz

Answer

Standard Deviation

Mean, Median, ModeHistogram

Normal Distribution

Binomial Distribution

Probability

Boxplot

CorrelationRegression

Z-test for ProportionsChi-Squaret-test

Breadth vs. Depth vs. RelevancyCLASS

PROJECT

Statistics

DataViz

ComputerScience

CLASS