Build with Data. Be a Positive Force.
Researching
I am currently exploring the available datasets, documenting early hypotheses and testing possible directions for the final project.
About the project
This is my first data competition.
Over the coming weeks, I will document how I explore the datasets, develop research questions, test hypotheses, create visual experiments and decide what story is worth telling.
The purpose is not only to create a final visualization. I want to understand how data can help communities, support better public decisions and bring attention to issues affecting Pacific and Indigenous populations.
Current phase
I am beginning with dataset exploration.
My first goals are to understand:
- What information is available
- What each row and variable represents
- Which geographic areas and years are covered
- What information is missing
- Which datasets could be connected
- What meaningful questions the data could answer
What will be documented
This project will include:
- Research logs
- Hypotheses
- Data-cleaning decisions
- Code and notebooks
- Exploratory visualizations
- Findings and limitations
- Videos
- The final competition submission
- A retrospective after completion
Current research question
What important story about Pacific communities can these datasets genuinely support?
This question will evolve as I learn more about the available evidence.
Explore the project
- Research Log — Dated notes, experiments and changes in direction
- Hypotheses — Questions and ideas being tested
- Decision Log — Important analytical and technical choices