User:MBerner

Weekly Logs

Week 1 (06/01/21 - 06/04/21)

• Orientation & data science boot camp
• Read through K-12 computer science ed. landscape reports from other states, and identify methods that could be effective for our analysis
• Explore other related research in the state of Wisconsin
• Create Wiki for project assignment

Week 2 (06/07/21 - 06/11/21)

• RCR training session
• Meet the team!
• Practice with pandas and familiarize myself with the data we'll be working with
• Compare Microsoft TEALS data with DPI data

Week 3 (06/14/21 - 06/18/21)

• Begin to compile a list of schools that we think teach CS using data from DPI, College Board AP, and Microsoft TEALS data
• Code.org has done similar research on a national scale, look into their methodology and how their numbers for Wisconsin compare to ours

Week 4 (06/21/21 - 06/25/21)

• Code.org's reported number of Wisconsin high schools teaching CS is far different than our estimate. Why is this?
• Try to recreate Code.org's methodology using our data and see if we get similar results - this could help us identify any flaws in our process

Week 5 (06/28/21 - 07/02/21)

• Defining a list of Wisconsin high schools that should be counted in our report proving to be more difficult than anticipated - we need to agree on the best method to determine which high schools should be counted