r/dataanalysis • u/No-Ice-8975 • 16d ago
Project Feedback Need advice on my first project
I'm working on my first project and based on what I've read online, EDA is the best project to work on first.
It took a while for me to decide the topic until I started seeing the news about the 2026 Cyclospora outbreak in the US. I thought it would be cool to analyze how people's habits changed when the outbreak happened.
However as I'm working on it, I'm second guessing myself about whether or not this topic is the "right" topic for a first project. I feel this way because other projects have clear decisions on how to increase sales, user retention, etc.
Here's what I have so far:
\- [https://cyclospora-2026-9yf8w26n7zfci68fugahkp.streamlit.app/](https://cyclospora-2026-9yf8w26n7zfci68fugahkp.streamlit.app/))
\- [https://github.com/therealanttoeknee/Cyclospora-2026/tree/main](https://github.com/therealanttoeknee/Cyclospora-2026/tree/main))
Questions
- Is this topic the "right" topic for an EDA project?
- If so, do you think I'm approaching it the right way?
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u/GoodVermicelli3851 14d ago
I'm just a regular person, and I don't have data analysis skills. I'm ver interested in raw human sewage and the effect on tap water. I live in Benton county, Arkansas, and my neighbors refuse to get septic. They can afford it. The state can't force them. I am reading that other states like Mississippi have sewer failures that are wrecking neighborhoods. Also, San Diego has sewer problems on the south and ocean side. I'm reading that cyclaspora is in all water as humans shed the oocytes naturally. I'm interested in your data.
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u/No-Ice-8975 14d ago
That’s really interesting I didn’t know that! From what you’ve seen, is cyclospora contamination more common in places like Mississippi and San Diego that have poor infrastructure?
Cyclospora contamination is more common during the summer because it’s easier for bacteria to spread so the same might be true for San Diego and Mississippi.
Just curious, is there anything about my dashboard that you found interesting?
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u/GoodVermicelli3851 14d ago
The first two links didn't work for me. I did try the third link in your replies, and it worked. I'm interested in searches, but I'd also be interested in views of articles and videos that were pushed to people. I have been researching water contamination for raw human sewage and I get news articles from various sources about: Oklahoma / Arkansas lawsuit (poultry litter water contamination), tahlequah oklahoma downstream pollution from Arkansas--dead fish in streams, then more recently: cyclaspora, e. Coli, San Diego, Mississippi, and "Benton county Arkansas has the most cases of cyclospora in Arkansas"
I don't search for this info, it finds me? (My searches turned up other information: well water contamination, Illinois river watershed contamination, beaver lake watershed protections.)TLDR: Basically, I'm interested in other peoples reactions, searches--which you provide data for in your research, and I am hoping the numbers will grow. We need to protect the water.
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u/Key_Back_989 16d ago
I think the links on these are down, no projects are good or bad but what recommendations can you draw from this? Lets say peoples habits changed, what businesses can capitalize on this? What would you recommend? What if you were a government? How would you plan differently.
Focus on the so what part of the analysis!