Starting the Project

• For this project, I would like to work with the Chicago Park District: Movies in the Parks 2019 dataset.
  • It is fairly simple but it will do for demonstration purposes.
  • Here is a local copy of the data.
  • I downloaded it via the Exportbutton.
  • I asked for a CSV for Excel file
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  • Note, there is a link on the page for the Movies in the Park Web Site
  • Note that there is a primitive "data dictionary" on the page.
• Let's take a look at the project assignment.
  • You have a proposal paper due October 6.
  • Looking at this page, it discusses what the paper should contain
    • Overview of the project
    • Summary of the dataset
    • Data dictionary
    • Sample Data
  • It would also to be good to include a work to be done.
• It would be a good thing to start recording some of this information right away.
  • Keep track of the information now, so you don't have to redo it later.
    • This is somewhat painful when you want to play with the data.
    • But you will be happy with yourself in the future.
  • We should
    • Setup the basics of a proposal report.
      • Including section headings.
    • Record the two web pages as sources of the data for use in the bib.
    • Record any other information that we might want to use (Data dictionary, description, ...)
  • Start a word
    • We will set up a basic document.
      • This is just a suggested format, it will probably change as you work through things.
    • Add the following
      • Introduction
      • The Dataset
        • Overview
        • Summary Information
      • Data Dictionary
      • Sample Data
      • Future Work
    • I put a sentence under each as well.
      • 
    • We could use direct formatting to make the section headings stand out.
      • But a smarter way is to apply a predefined style
        • Page 144 of the book discusses Manual formatting vs styles and themes.
        • Using styles leads to uniform formatting.
        • It is also possible to modify all text marked with a single style in one action.
        • There are other benefits as well.
        • You should use styles whenever possible.
    • For our document, we want to
      • Mark the major headings as Heading 1
      • Mark the minor headings as Heading 2
      • All other text as Normal.
    • To do this.
      • Click in the text Introduction
      • On the Home tab, in the Styles command group, select Heading 1
      • Drop down the styles if needed.
      • 
      • This marks Introduction as a heading.
      • Repeat this for
        • The Dataset
        • Data Dictionary
        • Sample Data
        • Future Work.
      • 
      • Mark Overview and Summary under The Dataset as Heading 2
      • 
      • Make sure that all other text is marked as Normal Text
    • The nice part about styles
      • Quick editing of everything marked with the style
        • If we click on any heading 1 text, we notice that it is 16 point font.
        • Suppose I want it to be 18 point font.
          • I COULD edit every heading 1 text and change the font.
            • But this is painful.
            • And I might forget one section in a larger document.
            • Or as I add new headings, I might forget to modify them.
          • A far better solution is to edit the style
            • Right click on the style you wish to modify
            • 
            • Select Modify
            • Now modify the style as you wish.
            • Note that all instances have changed.
      • TOC
        • It is easy to build a table of contents when you use styles.
        • Move to the top of the document
        • Insert a blank space before Introduction
        • Go to the Reference tab in the Table of Contents Command group.
        • Select a table of contents style that you like.
      • Search by Format
        • On the Home tab in the Editing command group click on the Find dropdown and select Advanced Find
        • 
        • Click on the More >> button
        • 
        • Under the Find header, drop down the menu and select Style ...
        • 
        • Select Heading 1 and search for all occurrences of header 1 style.
      • Outline View
        • Under the View tab in the Views command group select Outline
        • 
        • While this is not extremely useful in a small document, it is very helpful in a larger document.