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Finding a Good Data Set to Play With

The best way to really learn data analytics is to apply what you’ve learned in classes and videos to process and analyze real, messy, complicated data. You may be lucky and have the resources and time to do this all at work. If not, you’ll likely be doing side projects in your spare time toContinue reading “Finding a Good Data Set to Play With”

Transportation Data Tools #4: Location Affordability Index

Since transportation is so intertwined with other aspects of urban life – housing, land use, and technology, for example – it is only fitting that we should look beyond purely transportation agencies for useful data. Enter the Location Affordability Index, a dataset developed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that combines transportationContinue reading “Transportation Data Tools #4: Location Affordability Index”

Transportation Data Tools #2: Public Use Microdata Samples

For most things, the Census and American Community Survey (ACS) only offer data at the aggregate level: by census block group or city, for example. You can view how many people in a city live under the poverty level or what percentage of people in a tract own their homes, but you have to useContinue reading “Transportation Data Tools #2: Public Use Microdata Samples”