Data stories
BlogInformation from the field that we find particularly relevant, engaging, or just plain interesting.
Gaining Insight by Disaggregating Geographic Areas
In an area with diverse groups of people, it can be particularly helpful to analyze these different groups separately. While exploring the birth data in Wayne County for 2017-2022 from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, we decided to look more...
Meet the D3 Staff: Stephanie Zarb
Where did you grow up? I moved all over growing up, so I don’t claim any one place.What is your degree in? Why did you choose that degree? I have a Ph.D. in Public Policy with World Politics and Comparative Politics as my subfields. I chose public policy because I...
Setting the Stage: Tracking Birth Data in Southeast Michigan
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) tracks and reports extensive data related to the rate of birth or the occurrence of births within the state over time. They track data statewide, at the county level, and at the local level. This data allows...
Chartered Adventures into Charter School Data
Recently we’ve had requests to look deeper into data about kids in highly chartered communities. Here are some things that we’ve learned. Charter schools, officially known as Public School Academies in Michigan, are state-supported public schools operating under a...
Erica’s 15 Years at D3
The oldest picture we can find of D3, probably from spring 2009We celebrated the fifteenth year of Data Driven Detroit this past October, but this month marks my own fifteen year anniversary with the organization. February 2009 still feels like yesterday to me, and...
Forgotten Harvest Case Study
Food Insecurity: A persistent problem in Southeast Michigan Food insecurity, defined by Healthy People 2030 as “…a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food,” has been an ongoing reality in Southeast Michigan. Since...
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