Most Americans seem to have a myopic set of views when it comes to slavery, believing that it only existed in the US, and was eradicated forever by President LincolnContinue readingModern Slavery – It’s a Real Issue
My previous post in this series took an initial look at Detroit listing prices from 2017-2023, using data from the Realtor.com website. In this post we’ll dive deeper into theContinue readingDetroit Housing Patterns Part 2
My latest data adventure comes courtesy of a generous dataset sourced from the Realtor.com website. This data is aggregated at a monthly level across all zip codes (no individual salesContinue readingDetroit Housing Patterns Part 1
In my previous post, we saw that vehicle related incidents created more call volume than any other call types. As a refresher, here are the 2017-2023 aggregate volumes: In thisContinue readingDetroit Fire Data, Part 3
In my last post I walked through some simple data wrangling processes used to create a more friendly and robust data source from the Detroit fire incidents data. In thisContinue readingDetroit Fire Data, Part 2
The Detroit Open Data Portal has some fascinating data sets to explore, analyze, and visualize. Anything from restaurant health violations to blight citations or fire incidents is available for download.Continue readingDetroit Fire Data, Part 1
In my first two posts on this topic, the focus was on the negative outcomes inflicted by largely unnecessary school lockdowns in Michigan. We showed the impact on 4th gradeContinue readingLockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 3
In my previous post on the damage inflicted on the learning trajectories of Michigan 4th graders the focus was on changes between 2019 (pre-lockdown) and 2022 (post-lockdown). We saw theContinue readingLockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 2
One of the more interesting data sets I have viewed over the last several years comes from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, previously known as CEPA. The dataContinue readingLockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 1
Let’s follow up my earlier post with a deeper dive into the 911 (emergency) call data from Detroit’s open data portal. We’ll be focused on the same 30 days ofContinue readingDetroit 911 Calls, Part 2
