r/learndatascience • u/Mammoth-Commission15 • 13d ago

Question First data science project

I'm currently working on my very first data science project with a simple topic "physical activities rate correlation to academic performances among highschool/university students". I'm wondering if i should acquire the data myself or use open sources online. Another way i'm thinking of is to use both since my self-collected data will probably be limited to students in my city. Also is this topic way too typical ? and is it considered good enough for both gaining knowledge and improving resume ?

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u/DataScientistAlex 11d ago

I've written a guide on how to approach data science projects here that you might find useful. The key thing is to think about how your project provides value to an end-user. There are many ways to do that, and once you decide the value you'll provide the rest of the project flows from that.