Abstract, Introduction, Data, Methodology, Conclusion, Future
Work, Links, Bibliography:
Abstract: a brief summary of the project and the
conclusions reached.
Introduction: Contextualize the problem: what is the question
you want to answer, why is it important or interesting, what previous
work had been done on it, what steps did you take to answer the
question.
Data: describe the data you identified as available and
suitable to answer the question; what were the sources and where is the
data available? are more data available but not included? why ? what
were the weaknesses of the data (errors, biases, missing
features…)? what data wrangling and processing techniques were
applied? You may want to include plots and or tables that help the
reader understand the data, although you ALSO need a good description in
good English prose!)
Methodology: what analytical tools were used, why were they the
appropriate tool? Give references here to the use of these tools in
similar contexts and the strengths and weaknesses of the methods. What
methods could not be used because the data was not supporting them, but
would have been able to answer the question. (You probably want to
include plots and tables here too).
Conclusions: What did you find? How does it compare to previous
findings, how does it comare to your expectations when you strted the
project and why was any question ananswered or not answered adequately
by this analysis?
Future work: what improvements to the analysis, or what data
would be needed to improve the result?