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Find a Living Place with the Help of Data Visualization Techniques

Author: Swaminathan Ramesh Sashi

1. Introduction

When you move into a new city, do you wonder which area is the best for living? In this article, I use data visualization techniques to help a family find the best area to live in Seattle. Although other cities can also be analyzed in a similar way, Seattle is chosen as an example because of ready availability of public datasets.

2. Analysis

2.1 Software used

Tableau 9.2, Excel, and R.

2.2 Dataset

The dataset is built from multiple sources. These sources are excel sheets containing various bits of data that make up the problem set.… Read more