Homework 03

ImportantHW Instructions

Before starting, review the HW Instructions ⭐ for details on submission procedure.

Main Goals

The main goals of this homework assignment are:

  • Understand basics of CRS (ellipsoid, datum, projection)
  • Understand the difference between vector and raster spatial data types
  • Understand basics of sf package
  • Aggregate spatial point data to a spatial region
  • Practice joining multiple spatial data sets

Non-TidyTuesday Section

This section of this homework consists of 2 challenges:

  • Challenge 1 involves doing a spatial analysis of pedestrian/bike crash data in St. Paul, MN, and data from Ramsey and Hennepin counties. See the first NTT Template file for details and expectations.
  • Challenge 2 involves working with a very large dataset, combining spatial datasets, and aggregating data at different spatial resolutions. See the second NTT Template file for more details and expectations.

TidyTuesday Section (optional)

ImportantInstructions

You can count work on this week’s TidyTuesday toward the exceptional work required for an A in the Homework component.

Explore the week’s TidyTuesday challenge. Develop a research question, then answer it through a short data story with effective visualization(s). Provide sufficient background for readers to grasp your narrative.