For Assesment 3 I have chosen the dataset from FiveThirtyEight about police killing in us
The data
The data format is CSV and has 34 columns and 467 rows. Not all of the columns will be relevant for me though.
Header
Description
Source
name
Name of deceased
Guardian
age
Age of deceased
Guardian
gender
Gender of deceased
Guardian
raceethnicity
Race/ethnicity of deceased
Guardian
month
Month of killing
Guardian
day
Day of incident
Guardian
year
Year of incident
Guardian
streetaddress
Address/intersection where incident occurred
Guardian
city
City where incident occurred
Guardian
state
State where incident occurred
Guardian
latitude
Latitude, geocoded from address
longitude
Longitude, geocoded from address
state_fp
State FIPS code
Census
county_fp
County FIPS code
Census
tract_ce
Tract ID code
Census
geo_id
Combined tract ID code
county_id
Combined county ID code
namelsad
Tract description
Census
lawenforcementagency
Agency involved in incident
Guardian
cause
Cause of death
Guardian
armed
How/whether deceased was armed
Guardian
pop
Tract population
Census
share_white
Share of pop that is non-Hispanic white
Census
share_bloack
Share of pop that is black (alone, not in combination)
Census
share_hispanic
Share of pop that is Hispanic/Latino (any race)
Census
p_income
Tract-level median personal income
Census
h_income
Tract-level median household income
Census
county_income
County-level median household income
Census
comp_income
h_income / county_income
Calculated from Census
county_bucket
Household income, quintile within county
Calculated from Census
nat_bucket
Household income, quintile nationally
Calculated from Census
pov
Tract-level poverty rate (official)
Census
urate
Tract-level unemployment rate
Calculated from Census
college
Share of 25+ pop with BA or higher
Calculated from Census
Why I chose this dataset and how it can be used to assessment 3's goals
The reason I chose this dataset is that such controversial subjects interest me. With this dataset, I would also like to get more insight into whether the subjects introduced in the news were correct or not. E.g. the conduct of white policemen against black people.
the dataset is very versatile as it contains many types of data:
categorical
With this set, we can put data against each other and make comparisons for clarification.
topographical
Which can be used to visualize a map. To indicate the location of happening.
numerical
Can and will be used with the categorical data to make comparisons and indicate the amount.
sequential(date)
Can be used to set a timeline to indicate a 'story'. Say when each person has been killed sequentially.
The data can be filtered by date which will affect the locations plotted on a map with the topographical data. The categorical and numerical data also function as filters and/or indicators.
With topoJSON or geoJSON I can plot the map of us as a starter and continue from there.
Class 4 - Source
For Assesment 3 I have chosen the dataset from FiveThirtyEight about police killing in us
The data
The data format is CSV and has 34 columns and 467 rows. Not all of the columns will be relevant for me though.
name
age
gender
raceethnicity
month
day
year
streetaddress
city
state
latitude
longitude
state_fp
county_fp
tract_ce
geo_id
county_id
namelsad
lawenforcementagency
cause
armed
pop
share_white
share_bloack
share_hispanic
p_income
h_income
county_income
comp_income
h_income
/county_income
county_bucket
nat_bucket
pov
urate
college
Why I chose this dataset and how it can be used to assessment 3's goals
The reason I chose this dataset is that such controversial subjects interest me. With this dataset, I would also like to get more insight into whether the subjects introduced in the news were correct or not. E.g. the conduct of white policemen against black people.
the dataset is very versatile as it contains many types of data:
The data can be filtered by date which will affect the locations plotted on a map with the topographical data. The categorical and numerical data also function as filters and/or indicators. With topoJSON or geoJSON I can plot the map of us as a starter and continue from there.