by d3wpadmin | Jul 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Stephanie Quesnelle
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, food insufficiency in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was at the forefront of many organizations’ mission. D3 has helped organizations such as Forgotten Harvest understand where potential food insecurity...
by d3wpadmin | Jun 24, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Over the past few months, we’ve explored how to critically evaluate data sources and understand potential limitations of reports about data related to the coronavirus or the impacts of coronavirus on data collection. One very important concept that we talk about...
by d3wpadmin | Jun 18, 2020 | Cassie Kinsora, COVID-19, Stephanie Quesnelle
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on data collection and consumption, and also on various facets of our community. It’s no surprise with schools being closed and moving to online learning that there has also been a significant effect on education data on...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Stephanie Quesnelle
There are many uncertainties around the data related to coronavirus in the world. As we pointed out in an earlier blog, the state’s reporting originally had almost 30% of deaths listed as “race unknown”. This didn’t stop local and national news outlets from running...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Stephanie Quesnelle
Normalizing data, or setting the data up to make it easier to read and compare, can help ensure that comparisons of these raw numbers won’t favor highly populated communities like New York City or Detroit, or leave out lower populations altogether. One great way...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
I wrote a while ago about D3’s flexible family leave policy and how it helped me transition back into a full time work schedule. Well, spoiler alert, coming back as a full time employee doesn’t mean I stopped being a mom with different schedule needs than I had...
