Report Detroit

Meta Research

This tool displays the coverage area of reports that have been written about neighborhoods within the City of Detroit. From our Data University project, learn how to use the tool below.

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Report Detroit

Meta Research

High Level Overview

Who

Detroit residents and organizations looking for existing reports and established information about Detroit and its neighborhoods

Where

Neighborhood- and city-level reports that focus on different geographies within the city of Detroit

How

Working together with Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan to represent research and reports done for Detroit by geography

What

Nearly 500 reports across a range of topics, catalogued in one central location and mapped out on a visual data tool

Why

To help residents easily find information that has already been collected about their neighborhoods, and see which neighborhoods haven’t been studied as heavily

How to Use This Tool

Start from bit.ly/ReportDetroit

  1. Click OK to start exploring Detroit reports
  2. Explore the Detroit map to find your area of interest
    • Click and drag to scroll through the map
    • Zoom in or out with the [+] and [-] buttons or by scrolling with your mouse
    • Click an area for a callout with all of the available reports for that neighborhood or geography, including the title, summary, report link, and publication information
    • Use the arrows on the right side of the callout’s title bar to navigate between different reports
    Preview of the Report Detroit map showing what it looks like to click on a region with reports

    Clicking the Report Link of a report will open a web page in a new tab, so you can easily keep several reports open at the same time during your research.

    3. Use the Filter buttons to refine your search

    The Report Detroit tool offers two (2) filters

    Report Detroit map filter icon

    Filter on Topics allows users to only see coverage of reports on their area(s) of interest, selected from a list.

    Report Detroit map preview of icon for showing details of report filters

    Filter Report Details lets users see only reports that meet certain criteria, such as featuring City Council districts, including additional community input, or containing qualitative data and/or quantitative data.

    If you’re looking for more information on a specific community interest, such as Education, selecting only that topic can help you quickly see which neighborhoods already have reports available.

    Report Detroit preview showing filtering

    4. Use the Open Attribute Table button to see all data about all reports on the map

    Preview of Report Detroit the up arrow to expland content

    This button, located at the bottom of the map, will expand to a table that displays all of the reports on the map, with any topic or details filter(s) applied.
    From here, users can sort or filter reports by title, topic, type, geography, and more.

    5. When in doubt, click About

    The About button will open a window that explains how to use this tool in detail, and also provides some background information on the Report Detroit project.

    If there’s an aspect of this tool you’re unsure of, consult the About window for additional information.

    Preview of the Report Detroit map info dialogue box

    Now you have the basics, it’s time to explore!

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