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Project proposal
This planning document will also form the introduction of your argument.
Overarching Question
What central question are you interested in exploring? Why are you interested in exploring this question?
This should be the big picture question that you ask; use at least 5 sentences to describe why you are interested in it.
My overarching question is whether it is possible to find a healthy option at a fast food place. By healthy, I will look at how many of the calories are made up of fat. I'm interested in exploring this because I generally do not eat at fast food places, but, on the rare occasion that I do, I usually just opt for a burger or chicken sandwich. When I was scrolling through looking for data this caught my eye. The dataset focuses on 6 of the largest and most popular fast food places. I will focus on the first 15 rows to mak it more managable for me.
What specific research questions will you investigate?
List 2-4 specific research questions. Each should be answerable using your data set.
Question 1 - For the first 15 rows, which food item has the most/least calories Question 2 - From the first 15 rows, which food has the most/least fat Question 3- which has the most/least sodium
Data source
Kaggle.com
What data set will you use to answer your overarching question?
My dataset is from Kaggle.com and is title nutritional-fast-food-dataset https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/tan5577/nutritonal-fast-food-dataset/data
Give the title of your data set and provide a link to your data.
Where is this data from?
Data on fast food nutrition was collected from restaurant menus, official nutritional labels, and verified food databases. The information includes calories, macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats), and micronutrients. Reliable sources and standardized measurement methods were used to ensure accuracy.
Describe the source of the data set--not just where you downloaded it, but the person or organization who gathered the data. Explain why you trust them.
What is this data about?
I'm focusing on the first 15 rows and columns dealing with total fat, sodium and calories
Describe the nature of the data in the dataset, including the number of rows and some of the columns which will be important to you.
Methods
I will use the analysis in the dataset to compare and contrast the amount of fat, sodium and calories.
How will you use your data set to answer your quantitative questions?
For question 1 and 2 I plan on using a chart to help visually compare (in question1 ) which food has the most/least calories and (question 2) which food has the most/ least amount of fat Question 3 will use a table to help visually compare which foods have th emost/ least sodium
For each research question, explain what you will do with the data set to answer the question, and how you will present your answer (e.g. a chart or a table).