Final Project

In lieu of a written final exam you will do a final project using a range of course topics, especially data analytics. You may work alone or in groups of up to five students – the larger the group the greater the expectation.

Requirements

Your project must employ some of the following features:

• Data aquisition, either through a (set of) large data file(s) in CSV, XML, or JSON format, or from a network source using web scraping or web services.
• Transformation of the data and synthesis of information from the data, such as summarizing or relating data.
• Presentation of results, possibly a graphical visualization

Timeline

• Proposal: no later than two weeks before the final exam by Canvas message to me. Your brief proposal should describe:

  • the application you want to write,
  • the data you will use,
  • how you will acquire your data,
  • the format of the data you will consume,
  • what sort of transformation or use of the data you will implement, and -

• Demonstration: by apppointment some time during the last week of class or final exam week.

• Final Deliverable: submit your program code and data files (if applicable) on Canvas by midnight on the last day of final exams.