Abstract: How does one quantify a city? GDP might allude to wealth, but how does one indicate a city’s prosperity? This project will focus on answering those questions for the mid-sized city of Rochester, NY, by collecting and creating a dataset for several indicators. Methods in data sourcing and textual analysis are expected. A successful project will have a robust dataset that spans Rochester’s history a preliminary exploratory data analysis, and possibly an interactive data visualization.
Student: Ming DeMers
Advisor: Martin Abbott
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