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Chart Unanswered Questions  How do youth guilty cases compare in each major city in the provinces?   What is the number of youth guilty cases in each city in British Columbia? What is the number of youths found guilty in 2023?  Has youth guilty cases decreased or increased in 2023? How would you get this data? Although my dataset is already quite extensive, I would still need a type of dataset that includes the number of youth guilty cases in each province, divided into census subdivisions (ex. City of White Rock, City of Vancouver), which my current dataset does not have. It can only be divided by provinces. It also does not contain data from this year, however, I do understand that it might not be updated until the year 2024. A dataset from 2023 that shows data until the most recent date would still be useful for a more recent comparison. I would look through open data portals first, such as Statistics Canada, or others, such as the City of Vancouver. But if these ...

1. Lead Sentence Youth guilty cases have significantly decreased from 2011 to 2022, according to a report by Statistics Canada. 2. Excel Workbook Link & Explanation The Excel Workbook for my data can be found here . It contains the total number of youth that have been found guilty in court between the ages of 12 and 17, and what type of sentence they received. The dataset is looking at the period between 2011 and 2022 in Canada. My slice specifically focuses on the decrease in total youth guilty cases in Canada from 2011 to 2022. Although this dataset is quite similar to my previous one, I decided to take Chad's advice on using this dataset instead because it has more to work with. I also planned to focus only on the decrease of youth in "Custody" (in jail), but he suggested there isn't a big difference in change. However, there is a significant decrease in youths being found guilty, and Chad suggested looking at a 10-year period, which is what I decided to do.  3...

  What dataset will you use for your final report? The dataset I will be using for my final report is from Statistics Canada, which is titled “Youth courts, number of cases and charges by type of decision.” Describe the dataset. What kind of data does it contain? The data has a reference period from 1991 to 2022, listing youth ages of the accused from ages 12 to 17, including “other ages.” It also lists the sex of the accused and the type of offence they committed such as drug possession, criminal code, robbery and more, including the type of decision made in court, such as if they were seen as guilty or not. The data contains the total number of offences, cases and charges, while also showing the percentage of the guilty. This also shows data all over Canada, but it can be divided into provinces and territories.  Is there anything about your data that you don’t understand? The categorization of the data makes it easy to comprehend, and the terms used are quite simple. So far,...

The data visualization I chose for my analysis is an interactive map that follows Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour across the U.S. in 2023. Other than the fact I’m personally a fan and it’s a fun map to analyze, I chose this because the simplicity of the map drew me in. The map illustrates all of Taylor Swift’s shows and in which states she performed, showing a total number of 53 shows from March 17 until August 9. The full version of this interactive map can be found   here .  There are many factors that make this a good map, such as how easy it is to use due to its simplicity. The map itself doesn’t look cluttered with the dots, and it is accompanied by more details on the left side. There are two categories that label the dots on the left side, which say “performed” and “left.” These categories refer to which shows she has finished performing in, and which shows were left. Considering the tour ended in August, the map no longer shows which states were left, making me assume thi...

In this audio story, Monica Martinez,  Aiswarya Challa, and Fleur Dias share their frustration and opinions on why period products should be free.  Story by Nica Limiac.