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Pittsburgh Data Jam 2016
Project ProposalsMATTHEW J. DE RENO
IBM Watson Information Developer &
Pittsburgh Dataworks Content Marketing Strategist
Project Proposal
Submit by Jan 5th
One page or less describing:
Problem being studied
Its importance/relevance
Data that you think you’ll need to study/analyze the problem
Data availability – identify data sources
Plan B proposal
Approved – Jan 15th
Project Proposal - Keys
A Winning Formula: Good Proposal = Good Data Jam
Past Data Jam winners tended to have very strong
proposals
Good research questions = good proposals
The proposal centers around a research question and that
question weighs a lot with the Judges
Therefore, start with a good research question!
Project Proposal - Example
Project Proposal – Of
Champions
2015 Bethel Park Team C – The Problem?
“Do public high schools in Allegheny County that offer more extracurricular activities (sports and clubs), and a broad range of courses (AP and elective courses), have a lower crime rate and/or better academic performance (graduation rate, college acceptance rate, SAT scores, standardized test scores, etc.)?”
~ Bethel Park Team C – 2015 Data Jam Winner
Project Proposal – Framed Nicely
Proposal Breakdown
Title and team members – Learn about us…
Problem – A clearly stated, concise problem that we want to
address…
Importance – Why should you care about this problem? Is it
interesting or actually important?
Address the problem – This is how we will tackle the
problem! We will do this…
Data Required – What data do we need? What data do we
have? Do we need more? Do we need help getting it?
Potential Actions – Can we enact or recommend change?
Anticipated Findings – We think we’ll discover this…
August 6, 2012
Project Proposal – And the
Judges weigh In…
August 6, 2012
...And called it good!
Project Proposal - 2015 Top 5
August 6, 2012
The Ellis School – Team B
Project Proposal – Of A Top 5
Effort
2015 The Ellis School Team B – A Narrative Proposal
“We propose to examine the correlation between the number of bars in an area and the rate of crime, specifically theft. In May 2014, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette wrote an article that cites Pittsburgh as….”
“We are interested in seeing what potential effects this statistic has on Pittsburgh and its rate of reported theft and robbery…”
“For information on the number and location of these bars, we will be….”
~ The Ellis School – Team B
Project Proposal – Framed Nicely
Key Point of the Ellis School Team B Proposal
Clear and Concise – We propose to do this…Explained in
two paragraphs!
States what is interesting about the proposal – We are
interested because…
Describes the data that will be used – We provide a
good short explanation of the data sources and how we
plan to use the data…
Explains what is at stake? – We want to understand this
better because a lot rides on it…
August 6, 2012
Project Proposal – And the
Judges Weigh In…
And call it good!
August 6, 2012
Wait there’s more!
The Correlation Between Economic Policies/Decisions and
Economic Growth/Success
What is the return on investment if one decides to go to a
community college, vocational/technical school, four year
college, or enter the workforce upon graduation?
Your Proposal…
What data interests you the most?
What will you discover?
What is at stake?
Perhaps, the most important question to ask?
August 6, 2012
What’s In Your Data?
August 6, 2012