THE DATA DICTIONARY / A FIELD GUIDE
Good questions
begin with data
A birthday. A scholarship. A banking crisis.
Behind every dataset is a story—and a question worth exploring.
Meet the people and policies behind the numbers. Follow an interactive, guided investigation from your first chart to your next causal question.
Find your first investigation No Python experience needed.
15 data stories1 simulation lab30–45 minutes each
A GLIMPSE INSIDEChapter 05
Two districts.
One banking crisis.
Would a different response change the course of a crisis?
Preparing the evidence…
01
Meet the caseUnderstand the setting. Make a prediction.
02
Explore the evidenceHover, compare, and make a chart your own.
03
Ask what explains itA pattern starts the causal conversation.
CHOOSE A QUESTION THAT STAYS WITH YOU
The case collection
Start anywhere. Every notebook
guides you from the first cell.
A PATTERN IS AN INVITATION
What would you need to know
before calling it a cause?
Take that question into the chapter. The strongest discovery is often a better comparison.
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