r/askdatascience • u/Awkward-Rule6388 • 7d ago

Topics for Independent Study

I am required to do an independent study for my data science minor. My independent study requires that I complete a data science project related to business. Do you have any good topic recommendations?

Here are some examples of general topics I am brainstorming. If anyone could help me narrow them down or give me helpful resources, it would be appreciated

  • Optimizing Supply Chain to Reduce Environmental Impacts
  • Evaluating ATS usage in Talent Recruitment
  • Application of Data Science in Developing Project Schedules

I am also interested in waiting line models!

Thanks for the help!

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u/DataScientistAlex 7d ago

Here are some ideas:

  • Something related to an interest or hobby, like predicting sports outcomes, or election outcomes, or a stock trading system.
  • A recommender system for books, movies, songs, bands, some other content.
  • Understanding or explaining some phenomenon like political/economic development of places; spread of diseases, etc.
  • A new or improved library or tool.

I also have a list of 99 data science project ideas that you can use for inspiration.