Read the final project description then write a project proposal with your team.
The point of this exercise it to think though a reasonable project (and get feedback from the instructional staff). You will not be held to doing exactly what you say you will do in this proposal; expect to adapt your project as you continue to work on it The more you put into the proposal, however, the better your life will be 2 weeks from now.
Write a one page proposal which discusses:
What questions will you try to answer? List 4-7 possible questions.
What datasets will you use? You should have already found and taken a first look at the datasets. Make sure the data is clean enough to reasonably use and actually has the information content to answer your questions.
What are some things you will do with the data to get at your questions? For example, what are some plots you might make?
On a second page include a list of 3 other ideas you brainstormed with a couple bullet points of detail.
Meet soon for an initial brainstorm. You may have done this already. Have everyone go off and explore some ideas. Meet again for a final brainstorm. Then write the proposal.
The proposal due-date with be Wednesday, November 8.
Look at the datasets you plan on using to make sure they aren’t awful. If you plan on creating a dataset (e.g. by scraping a website) you may want to check with Varun or Adam that this will be feasible.