1. Computing and Data Analysis
Unit 6

2. Unit Overview Students will collect rich data
Formulate queries that will inform to make a case or discovery
Learn the requirements for Final Project
Learn data analysis techniques
Work on Final Project

3. Today’s Lesson Objectives:
Explain possible themes for the final project
Present one video to learn more about themes researching

4. Homework
Room Data Project (see Piazza)

5. Themes School safety Teen exercise and health
Teens, social media, and online behavior /
Teens, video games, and civic engagement
Do violent videos influence kids/teenagers? Why or why not?
Society’s perception on teenagers?

6. Big Data
“Big Data” is often used to refer to the notion of very large data sets.
Dealing with Big Data is something that computer scientists concerns themselves with.
What does Big Data mean to you?
How big a data set needs to be to qualify as Big data?
Do you think there is a formal definition? Why or why not?

7. Making a case vs. Discovery
Masters Project: demographics of California students
Demographics of Lincoln High School
The demographics of High Tech
Most popular sports team jersey/shirt
The number of sea otters off the coast of California now, and early 1900’s
Charges for items at Assisted Living

8. Room Data Project See Piazza. Fill out the form for the next class.
So START TODAY, start with this class and the ones after today until we meet again.
Types of Data
Text
Spatial
Qualitative
Quantitative

9. Text Data Type
Made up of characters
Ansi Text

10. Spatial Data Type
Shapes
Longitude and latitude

11. Qualitative Categorical measurement Ex
Sports: Track, Swimming, Softball, Baseball, Badmiton
Rankings: good, bad

12. Quantatative Data Type
Numerical measurement
Weight: 100, 120, 150
Age: 13, 14,15,16,17,18,19

13. Room Data Proj. Cont.
Goal is for class to develop a single large set of data to use, formulate questions about the data, and answer them using an analysis tool.