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Restaurant Health Code Violations in Detroit
In March of this year, the City of Detroit's Health Department released record-level data detailing all health inspections taking place in restaurants and food establishments in Detroit over the past few years. With that data, we decided to conduct a quantitative...
Beyond the Water: Lead Exposure in Detroit’s Children
In the first blog of our “Beyond the Water” series, we explained the background of blood lead level testing and explored elevated blood lead level (EBLL) data for the entire state, comparing rates of lead exposure across Michigan. In this blog, we’re going to drill...
50 Book Challenge: A Research Analyst’s Perspective
Over five years ago, my sister invited me into a 50 book challenge group on Facebook. The premise is simple, you commit to reading and sharing reviews on each of the 50 books you read over a year. Well, between grad school, moving states, new jobs, getting married,...
Beyond the Water: Lead Exposure in Michigan’s Children
In recent years, child exposure to lead has received a lot of attention in Michigan. From the Flint Water Crisis that began in 2014 to the Detroit Public Schools turning off drinking water in 2018 due to high levels of lead and copper in water fountains, a series of...
The Census’ Effect on State and Local Budgeting
This is the twelfth and final blog post in an in-depth series exploring the history and future of the US Census. If you’re interested in other subjects related to Census 2020, check out the list of all our blog posts about it at the end of this post. In 2016, the...
D3 Goes to The Museum of American Innovation
Staring at spreadsheets, maps, and databases day in and day out can become so routine, we forget how exciting data can be when displayed in interactive and dynamic ways. A few weeks ago, D3 ventured to The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation to get outside of our...
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