Data Analytics Capstone - Projects for the Winter Semester (2024)
Timeline
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January 10, 2024Experience start
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January 26, 2024Data Understanding/Data Preparation
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January 29, 2024Modeling
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February 12, 2024Project Scope Meeting
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April 4, 2024Final Report
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April 5, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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January 10, 2024Experience start
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January 26, 2024Data Understanding/Data Preparation
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation on data understanding for the data assets available, provided, or to be gathered. Documentation should also be provided on the data preparation steps utilized to prepare the data for further analysis.
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January 29, 2024Modeling
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation outlining the intended/exercised data modeling technique used on the data to generate insight and recommendations.
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February 12, 2024Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 4, 2024Final Report
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation on the evaluation of the model and results, along with the outcomes of deployment of the model on production data. Any presentation materials and generated reports should be ready for presentation.
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April 5, 2024Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Information technology Databases Data visualization Data analysis Data modellingSkills
business analytics business consulting data analytics storytelling and data visualization data analysisIs your organization short on manpower for a given data analysis project? Are you a firm that is looking to explore the value of data analytics? Students in the Mohawk College analytics program are trained in data extraction and transformation as well as data preparation, data modeling and reporting on pre-existing data gathered by the organization. These students will work with your organization to analyze data sets and provide any recommendations they may have as a result of the analysis.
Learners
The final project deliverable will include:
- A 10 to 20-page report outlining the work they performed, any analysis they conducted including visualizations and any recommendations they may have as a result of analysis.
- A 20-minute presentation of the project and results to the industry partner and classmates.
Project timeline
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January 10, 2024Experience start
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January 26, 2024Data Understanding/Data Preparation
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January 29, 2024Modeling
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February 12, 2024Project Scope Meeting
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April 4, 2024Final Report
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April 5, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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January 10, 2024Experience start
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January 26, 2024Data Understanding/Data Preparation
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation on data understanding for the data assets available, provided, or to be gathered. Documentation should also be provided on the data preparation steps utilized to prepare the data for further analysis.
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January 29, 2024Modeling
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation outlining the intended/exercised data modeling technique used on the data to generate insight and recommendations.
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February 12, 2024Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 4, 2024Final Report
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation on the evaluation of the model and results, along with the outcomes of deployment of the model on production data. Any presentation materials and generated reports should be ready for presentation.
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April 5, 2024Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Beginning in January, students in groups of 1-4 will spend 42+ hours spread over 12 weeks assisting your company by providing analytical research and recommendations tailored to one of your company’s data opportunities or challenges.
Students may work with the company in one of three ways:
- Assist organizations in data gathering research and/or prepare data for future use by the organization. Students can help design and model databases to gather and store data for future analysis.
- Assist organizations in preparing existing data for analysis. Students may perform data quality checks, data cleaning, and data transformation exercises on existing data to ready data for analysis by the organization.
- Assist organizations in data analysis. Using organizational data, students may conduct data analysis and design data analytics reports to be delivered to the firm.
Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Analysis of customer segmentation relative to different products and services, to enhance marketing campaigns and refocus your products/services.
- Investigate predictive models to understand trends in sales, attrition rates, and profits that impact your business.
- Propose new ways to visualize data through tables and plots that can provide new insights for managers.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Timeline
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January 10, 2024Experience start
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January 26, 2024Data Understanding/Data Preparation
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January 29, 2024Modeling
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February 12, 2024Project Scope Meeting
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April 4, 2024Final Report
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April 5, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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January 10, 2024Experience start
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January 26, 2024Data Understanding/Data Preparation
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation on data understanding for the data assets available, provided, or to be gathered. Documentation should also be provided on the data preparation steps utilized to prepare the data for further analysis.
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January 29, 2024Modeling
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation outlining the intended/exercised data modeling technique used on the data to generate insight and recommendations.
-
February 12, 2024Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 4, 2024Final Report
Following the CRISP-DM methodology, students should generate documentation on the evaluation of the model and results, along with the outcomes of deployment of the model on production data. Any presentation materials and generated reports should be ready for presentation.
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April 5, 2024Experience end