Class Part I

Read the following article and skim the comments. How do you feel about the proposal? What is your sense of others feelings? Do people feel positively or negatively toward this proposal?
NYC Streetcar

Analysis of comments

How it works

Class Part II

Transit use in the US
NYC Buses
NYC Subways
Uber in NYC
NYC Subway overcrowding
Keys to social mobility

Questions

  • Describe the data.
  • Describe the analytical methods. Explain any correlations or models.
  • Is the data is gathered ethically and/or are the analytical results are applied ethically? Justify your answer.
  • What problems remain unsolved?
  • What additional correlations could you derive if provided data? Be sure to explain what data you would need.

Notes

Notes

Interesting extenstion to analyzing text

Finding fake comments submitted to the government