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# Project proposal
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This planning document will also form the introduction of your
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argument.
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Nelson Mason - Date: 10/29/2025
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## Overarching Question
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### What central question are you interested in exploring? Why are you interested in exploring this question?
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*This should be the big picture question that you ask; use at least 5
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sentences to describe why you are interested in it.*
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I want to know about what relationship exists, if any, between an adult (18 +)
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person's age and their weight (I'll use metric).
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I'm trying to find out at what age, on average, do people experience a dramatic
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weight gain or loss, if at all?
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I'm curious to find out if such a dramatic increase or decrease in weight can
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be captured in a one-time snapshot database, where individuals are NOT tracked
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over a period of time, but ONLY once.
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### What specific research questions will you investigate?
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*List 2-4 specific research questions. Each should be answerable
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using your data set.*
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What number or percentage can be used to accurately indicate a
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dramatic change in weight by age? How do I determine what "dramatic" is?
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## Data source
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### What data set will you use to answer your overarching question?
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*Give the title of your data set and provide a link to your data.*
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### Where is this data from?
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*Describe the source of the data set--not just where you downloaded it, but
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the person or organization who gathered the data. Explain why you trust them.*
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### What is this data about?
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*Describe the nature of the data in the dataset, including the number of rows
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and some of the columns which will be important to you.*
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## Methods
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### How will you use your data set to answer your quantitative questions?
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*For each research question, explain what you will do with the data set
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to answer the question, and how you will present your answer (e.g. a chart or a table).*
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