In teams of no more than 3, select a large data set from NYC Open Data (a free compilation of data sets). The main web page can be accessed athttps://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/(Links to an external site.)

Export the data to CSV for Excel.

Then using the free version of Tableau and Excel, create a presentation. Do not use the visualization tool available through the NYC Open Data webpage.

Presentation requirements:

1. Maximum time, fifteen minutes.
2. Minimum time, ten minutes.
3. Minimum number of slides (excluding cover slide) 25 slides.
4. Define the objective (s) of your analysis, e.g. before you perform the analysis, what questions or expectations would you have about the data?
5. Include descriptive statistics, e.g. mean, range, statistical distribution, etc.
6. Look for patterns, trends and correlations that might go undetected by text-based data but which could be exposed and recognized easier with data visualization.

(Data visualization can be used to communicate insights from data through visual representation. Its main goal is to distill large datasets into visual graphics to allow for easy understanding of complex relationships within the data.)