The Analysis Workflow

The Analysis Workflow
The Analysis Workflow A checklist you RUN on your own dataset — you pick the method, the AI types Data Activism · Data Analysis Day · The Multiverse School Tick each step as you run it on YOUR data. The gold step is yours; each card is worked on one real case — the Ironton plant. YOU PREP YOU PICK AI RUNS THE CODE YOU READ & DELIVER STEP 1 GET THE DATA data.gov ▶ WHAT YOU DO Find a real public CSV on data.gov (or a city / county open-data portal) and download it. real · public · downloadable EX · IRONTON Pull EPA AQS PM2.5 daily readings from the monitor ~400m from the Ironton plant → ironton_pm25.csv STEP 2 UNDERSTAND IT NotebookLM ▶ WHAT YOU DO Feed the dataset's docs & columns to NotebookLM; ask what each column means and how it was collected. </> READS — DOES NOT RUN CODE EX · IRONTON Ask NotebookLM: “what columns are in this AQS export, and how is PM2.5 actually measured?” STEP 3 PICK THE METHOD Method-Selection Map ▶ WHAT YOU DO Match your question + data shape to ONE method, using the Method-Selection Map. This call is yours. 8 methods → you pick 1 EX · IRONTON Q: does distance-to-plant predict a child’s asthma (yes / no)? → logistic regression ★ THIS STEP IS YOURS ★ STEP 4 >_ RUN THE CODE ChatGPT ADA · Claude · Qwen ▶ WHAT YOU DO Paste your data + a plain-language prompt into an AI sandbox; it writes and runs the Python. >_ WRITES + RUNS THE PYTHON EX · IRONTON Paste the CSV: “run a logistic regression of asthma on distance-to-plant, controlling for income.” STEP 5 READ THE OUTPUT ▶ WHAT YOU DO Interpret honestly: correlation ≠ causation, significant ≠ important — and cite the source. describe before you conclude EX · IRONTON Closer homes → higher asthma odds (p < 0.01). Say “associated with,” not “caused by.” Cite EPA AQS. STEP 6 MAKE THE INFOGRAPHIC ▶ WHAT YOU DO Turn the result into one message: one clear visual, honest axes, and the source right on the graphic. one number · one message EX · IRONTON One bar chart: asthma rate by distance band. Y-axis starts at 0. Source + date printed on it. STEP 7 DELIVER IT one-pager ▶ WHAT YOU DO Put it on your one-pager and send it to the decision-maker you’re targeting. sent — not a draft EX · IRONTON Onto the one-pager → to Chair Ruiz & the Air District Board, before the Nov 14 vote. You don’t need to write code. You need to know which method, when — and to read the output honestly. The sandbox does the typing.

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