Project Results
The team used the statistical programming language R to transform publicly-available state budget documents from a very awkward .pdf file format into an analyzable data frame. They then used Tableau to construct a data visualization tool capable of simulating the effect of proposed policy changes on past, present, and future budget allocations.
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Faculty Lead: Paul Bendich
Client: Budget and Tax Center, North Carolina Justice Center
Project Manager: Tyler Ransom, post-doc, SSRI
Participants:
- Artem Streltsov, Master's student in Economics
- Vinod Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Technology
"It was really wonderful experience for me. And, especially this foreign exposure only at the end of my sophomore year is a huge confidence booster. All the projects were interesting and it was awesome to work in a productive and collaborative environment." Vinod Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Technology
Disciplines Involved
- Public Policy
- Political Science
- Economics
- All quantitative STEM