Discovery Template

This is the start of the template below:

Research Project Title¶

Student Name 1:: ____________________
Student Name 2: ____________________

Summary of research questions¶

Give a numbered list of 3 or more research questions and a brief description of what you will investigate. Each research question should have 1–3 sentences and propose something that can be definitively answered, not just a general topic or area of investigation.

Motivation¶

In one or two paragraphs, expand on your research questions by providing context about why you care, or why anyone should care. How does knowing the answers affect the world or our understanding of it?

Task List¶

Create your task list from this template (You may modify but you should keep this as the minimum required information for a task list).

Include your task list here. Include:

1. A link to your schedule google sheet.

2. A markdown version of your schedule plan (you can convert the google sheet to markdown using this tool here: https://tabletomarkdown.com/convert-spreadsheet-to-markdown/)

Datasets¶

This is the MOST important part of this document. (more details below) You will do the following:

• Describe the real, existing dataset that you will use, including exact URLs.

• You may not use a dataset that has been used in a previous CSE 163 assignment, AP Research work, or competition (TSA, FBLA).

• The data must be real — neither you nor someone else may make up the data.

• The data must be large enough (500 lines or more).

You need to list out all your datasets, sources, caveats, important columns, data values, and relevant information. This section should contain multiple tables or other easy to read formats. While you may copy some information from your datasource, it is critical that you understand the data.

You should:

1. List all datasets

2. List important columns from each dataset

3. Examine challenges with the data

See the Dataset Example for more details.

Connecting Datasets to Research¶

Create a table for your research questions and dataset column references from the Datasets below that will be used to address this research question, don’t combine/join the data for this information, just list the relevant dataset elements. You need to show that you’ve thought through matching up your research questions with relevant dataset elements to address each question. See below for an example (you should have multiple dataset/column references though):

Challenge goals¶

• Select at least 2 challenge goals that you are planning to meet.

• Justify why you think this challenge goal is a good fit for your project.