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Lever-age / leverage

Empower citizens of Philadelphia to use campaign finance data when making informed decisions about who they donate to, who they support, and who they vote for.
http://leveragecampaignfinance.org/
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Design document for data analyses #25

Closed ghost closed 8 years ago

ghost commented 8 years ago

It'll be useful to have guiding principles for how we approach data, especially as we move forward with new team members.

ghost commented 8 years ago

I wrote up a first version and posted it to the wiki: https://github.com/Lever-age/leverage/wiki/Data-Manifesto

However, this seems like a good place to discuss things, and I'd like to give other people the chance to rebuff this or sign off on it.

caseyvaughan commented 8 years ago

I agree with the following qualification. The qualification is as long as we strike a balance between the granularity of our categorization and amount of useful information that can be generated. In other words, the level of granulation should be weighed in relationship to how useful the data is to the user. You did articulate that balance well in the manifesto but I wanted to call attention to the need for us to strike a balance. I support not calling out individual donors as I think we gain more then we lose by doing so. If voters are inclined to know specifics they can access the data via the city web site.

ghost commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the feedback @caseyvaughan! I'll iron that out. I also changed the name to something a little more tame: https://github.com/Lever-age/leverage/wiki/Data-Design-Guidelines

lottspot commented 8 years ago

Looks like this one is long done