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Marion Smith, University of West Birmingham, smith@westbirmingham.ac.uk PRIMARY
Paul White, University of Northeastern Washington, white@unew.edu
Student Team: Please enter YES or NO
Did you use data from both mini-challenges? Please
enter YES or NO
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a list of analytic tools used. Examples:
Tableau
Excel
Spinviz, developed by the University of West Birmingham CS 459 Information
Visualization class, taught Spring 2011 by Dr. Smith,
and adapted by the student team for the challenge.
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working on this submission in total?
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an estimate of the total number of hours worked on this submission by your
entire team.
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Questions
MC1.1
– Characterize the attendance
at DinoFun World on this weekend. Describe up to
twelve different types of groups at the park on this weekend.
a. How big is this
type of group?
b. Where does
this type of group like to go in the park?
c. How common
is this type of group?
d. What are
your other observations about this type of group?
e. What can you
infer about this type of group?
f.
If you were to make one improvement to the park to better meet
this group’s needs, what would it be?
Limit your response to no more than 12 images and
1000 words.
Provide your answer and corresponding
images here.
MC1.2
– Are there notable
differences in the patterns of activity on in the park across the three
days? Please describe the notable
difference you see.
Limit your
response to no more than 3 images and 300 words.
Provide your answer and corresponding
images here.
MC1.3
– What
anomalies or unusual patterns do you see? Describe no more than 10 anomalies,
and prioritize those unusual patterns that you think are most likely to be
relevant to the crime.
Limit your
response to no more than 10 images and 500 words.
Provide your answer and corresponding
images here.