Joining the Data Science Team

Welcome to the Data Science Team at 311-Data.

Getting Started:

1. Join our Slack Channel at #311-Data
2. Read the Joining the 311-Data Team and Communication Guide
3. Review the Data Science On-Boarding Guide
4. Attend your first weekly team meeting at 311 Data
5. Reach out to your team lead to be assigned to your first issue

How to Work with the Dataset

1. Download the 311 Data Service Request Data 2023 as a CSV
2. Download the 311 Data Service Request Data 2022 as a CSV
3. Read this page Introduction to Utils Serverand take a look at the Data Dictionary
4. Read the page about Data Sources
5. Create a Google Colaboratory in your own folder where you import the two CSV files
6. Look at this example code

Resources:

• Data System Architecture
• 311-Data Figma
• 311 Data Dictionary
• How to Work with Requests
• 311 Data Service Request Data 2023
• 311 Data Service Request Data 2022
• Guide to 311 Data Sources
• 311 Data Sample Requests Code