Monday, 20 October 2014
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Assignment two: Update one, Data Story
For my final project in Data Journalism, I have chosen to use a data set off of the Federal Governments data website, titled Offender Profile.
Describe the dataset. What kind of data does it contain?
Offender Profile is an excel document of every offender, currently serving two or more years in the Canadian Correctional Service jurisdiction. The data set includes characteristics and statistics on each inmate, including: ethnicity, age, gender, religious views, martial statues, race grouping and province.
In addition to those listed above, the document lists whether the inmate is Incarcerated or Supervised, their sentence type, their supervision type and the aggregated sentence length.
How will you use this data as the basis for a news story?
This dataset provides me with a lot of information about Canadian prisoner, across the country. The main focus of my project will be comparing prisoners in British Columbia, to those in other provinces. This dataset, easily will help facilitate this, as provinces are listed for each prisoner.
Is there anything about your data that you don’t understand?
I am a bit confused with three of the sections in the data: Incarcerated/ Supervised, Supervision Type and Sentence Type.
These three sections of the data, at first glance, but with a bit more research, I could figure out what this information is trying to tell me. Perhaps, a Criminology professor could help explain the categories.
What are some questions you hope to answer with your data?
Some questions from the data:
1. Which province has the largest number of incarcerated persons, per capita
2. Which ethnicity, or racial group is most represented in Canadian prisons, per capita
3. Is age a factor in the type of prison sentence given -- what ages are most likely to get longer sentence terms
Describe the dataset. What kind of data does it contain?
Offender Profile is an excel document of every offender, currently serving two or more years in the Canadian Correctional Service jurisdiction. The data set includes characteristics and statistics on each inmate, including: ethnicity, age, gender, religious views, martial statues, race grouping and province.
In addition to those listed above, the document lists whether the inmate is Incarcerated or Supervised, their sentence type, their supervision type and the aggregated sentence length.
How will you use this data as the basis for a news story?
This dataset provides me with a lot of information about Canadian prisoner, across the country. The main focus of my project will be comparing prisoners in British Columbia, to those in other provinces. This dataset, easily will help facilitate this, as provinces are listed for each prisoner.
Is there anything about your data that you don’t understand?
I am a bit confused with three of the sections in the data: Incarcerated/ Supervised, Supervision Type and Sentence Type.
These three sections of the data, at first glance, but with a bit more research, I could figure out what this information is trying to tell me. Perhaps, a Criminology professor could help explain the categories.
What are some questions you hope to answer with your data?
Some questions from the data:
1. Which province has the largest number of incarcerated persons, per capita
2. Which ethnicity, or racial group is most represented in Canadian prisons, per capita
3. Is age a factor in the type of prison sentence given -- what ages are most likely to get longer sentence terms
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