{"id":4308,"date":"2016-04-13T23:07:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T04:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rud.is\/b\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:42:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T21:42:22","slug":"52-vis-week-2-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2016\/04\/13\/52-vis-week-2-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Vis Week #2 Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been staring at this homeless data set for a few weeks now since I’m using it both here and in the data science class I’m teaching. It’s been one of the most mindful data sets I’ve worked with in a while. Even when reduced to pure numbers in named columns, the names really stick with you…_”Unsheltered Homeless People in Families”_…_”Unsheltered Chronically Homeless”_…_”Homeless Veterans”_…_”Unsheltered Homeless Unaccompanied Youth”_. These are real people, really hurting. <\/p>\n

That’s one of the _superpowers_ “Data Science” gives you: the ability to shed light on the things that matter and to tell meaningful stories that people _need_ to hear. From my interactions with some of the folks who submitted entries, I know they, too, were impacted by the stories contained in this data set. Let’s see what they uncovered.<\/p>\n

(All the code & un-shrunk visualizations are in the [52vis github repo](https:\/\/github.com\/52vis\/2016-14))<\/p>\n

Camille<\/b> compared a point-in-time view of one of the most vulnerable parts of the population—youth (under 25)—with the overall population:<\/p>\n

\"homeless_rates\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The youth homelessness situation in Nevada seems especially disconcerting and I wonder how much better\/worse it might be if we factored in the 25 & under U.S. census information (I’m really a bit reticent to run those numbers for fear it’ll be even worse).<\/p>\n

Craine Munton<\/b> submitted our first D3 entry! I ended up tweaking some of the JS & CSS `href`s (to fix non-sync’d files) and you can see the full version [here](https:\/\/rud.is\/52vis\/2016-14\/cmrunton\/). I’m going to try to embed it below as well (I’ll leave it up even if it’s not fully sized well. Just hit the aforementioned URL for the full-browser version).<\/p>\n