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Assignment One: Bike Share Homework Activity Guidelines
Overview: The purpose of the Bike Share Homework Activity is to give students the chance to practice analyzing given data and to begin the process of forming data visualizations.
Prompt: You have been assigned as the data analyst for a new bike share project for the city of Columbus (Ohio). You have been asked to analyze the data from an existing bike share program in Washington, D.C. and present planning recommendations for the number of bikes needed for the city. Using the supplied information, you will write a data visualization plan for your manager.
Resources: The final project and supporting homework activities require the use of different technologies. Prerequisite courses introduced students to database and data mining technologies that can be utilized in this course.
Students taking this course should be capable of working in a range of database tools and data analysis tools.
This course does not require any specific data analysis or visualization tool. There are many options available and students have used these tools in prerequisite courses or are using the tools at their workplace. This is the student's choice.
The course is standardized on both Microsoft Excel and CSV files to provide data. The visualization tool is Tableau Public.
If Tableau Public will be used for visualization, it will need to be installed. There is a Windows and a Mac version. The install requires an email address to be entered on Tableau Public. This is a cloud-based visualization tool application, so files are saved to a Tableau Public account, which requires creating an account with Tableau Public. The course homework and final project do not require submission of a visualization file. The course instead requires screenshots of the visualizations. The account creation is not required for the class unless students want to save their work to return to it later.
To install Tableau Public, go to and click Download the App. On the left panel, enter your email and select Download Tableau Public. Follow the detailed installation instructions from Tableau Public. Once installed, you can open the software from your desktop by going to Programs (Windows) or Applications (Mac). The software is a fully functional visualization tool. There is no reason to save files or workspaces for this course, however, it is available by creating an account on Tableau Public.
The coursework outlines steps on how to use Tableau Public for the specific activities performed. Students are encouraged to perform more independent analysis. Training videos for Tableau Public.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
• Define the problem you have been asked to analyze.
• Identify the purpose for the analysis.
• Share your vision of the final visualization presentation.
• Describe what data/fields that you will use from the datasets provided.
• Explain your analysis approach using the provided datasets to meet the goals of your data visualization presentation.
Attachment:- Bike Share Homework Activity Guidelines.rar