From 0656d963d4fcf006ea1a6ea0df222ea997bda8cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Legaspi Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 15:51:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add files via upload Missing assignment.md --- .../14-Introduction/assignment.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 4-Data-Science-Lifecycle/14-Introduction/assignment.md diff --git a/4-Data-Science-Lifecycle/14-Introduction/assignment.md b/4-Data-Science-Lifecycle/14-Introduction/assignment.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..90771e5a --- /dev/null +++ b/4-Data-Science-Lifecycle/14-Introduction/assignment.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Assessing a Dataset + +A client has approached your team for help in investigating a taxi customer's seasonal spending habits in New York City. + +They want to know: **Do yellow taxi passengers in New York City tip drivers more in the winter or summer?** + +Your team is in the [Capturing](Readme.md#Capturing) stage of the Data Science Lifecycle and you are in charge of handling the the dataset. You have been provided a notebook and [data](../../data/taxi.csv) to explore. + +In this directory is a [notebook](notebook.ipynb) that uses Python to load yellow taxi trip data from the [NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/open-datasets/dataset-taxi-yellow?tabs=azureml-opendatasets). +You can also open the taxi data file in text editor or spreadsheet software like Excel. + +## Instructions + +- Assess whether or not the data in this dataset can help answer the question. +- Explore the [NYC Open Data catalog](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?sortBy=most_accessed&utf8=%E2%9C%93). Identify an additional dataset that could potentially be helpful in answering the client's question. +- Write 3 questions that you would ask the client for more clarification and better understanding of the problem. + +Refer to the [dataset's dictionary](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/tlc/downloads/pdf/data_dictionary_trip_records_yellow.pdf) and [user guide](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/tlc/downloads/pdf/trip_record_user_guide.pdf) for more information about the data. + +## Rubric + +Exemplary | Adequate | Needs Improvement +--- | --- | -- |