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My Struggles with and Thoughts on Kaggle Datasets

For our latest project we have to find a data set, explore the data set, pose and answer questions based on that data, create a visualization of said data, and finally post about the experience. Currently, I have yet to even find a dataset let alone do all the other tasks. The problem arises from a difficulty in finding data that involves a topic I care about, appears reliable, is updated enough where I feel that the data is still relevant, and is accessible enough to my humanities centered brain that I can formulate questions about it. Why are you writing a post then, I hear some of you ask, well read on and find out!

The Necessary Introduction

  Hello and welcome!  Before reading on, I would like to forewarn you that when I post I will be working under the assumption that you are either a fellow classmate or my professor, and thus do not need much context as to why I'm posting or what I'm posting about. On the very rare chance that you, the current reader, are not either of those the title and description of my blog should give you enough clues as to what my blog, in general, is about. As for who exactly this mysterious first person is, go ahead and click the three horizontal lines that should be on the top left corner of your screen. Having done that, you should see a little picture of me in Curacao—an amazing island below the Bahamas that I visited with my mom because she is the best—and a short description of yours truly. If you still want to read my blog or are required to do so (e.g. my professor/classmates), please scroll down. Thank you in advance for reading! EDIT AS OF 9/22/2020: I have since realized tha...