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Day 08 of 10 · Mastery · Health decision intelligence

Which Communities Should Receive Priority?

Several modeled indicators for a single, manageable set of counties.

Saturday, October 31, 2026Platform-neutralHealth · Development · Business Intelligence

Your analytical mission

How might public health planners identify areas for additional assessment with limited resources?

This is a storytelling challenge, not a test of how many visuals you can create. Investigate the central question, choose evidence that answers it, and explain why the findings matter.

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Define an intervention context and choose two or three comparable indicators.
  2. Inspect missing values, directionality, and comparability.
  3. Construct and document a transparent prioritization index, including weights.
  4. Test whether priority ranks change when weights change.
  5. Explain why this index should prompt investigation rather than automatically allocate resources.

Scope and data preparation

Use a curated county-level wide table and optional lookups; do not require geographic shape files.

Expected deliverables

  1. Interactive or navigable decision dashboard with 3–5 charts.
  2. A documented prioritization method and sensitivity check.
  3. A 200–300-word recommendation memo with limitations.

Label charts clearly and cite the dataset and extraction date. Tell us which tool you used.

Quality guardrail

Ranks depend on the chosen data, normalization and weights; avoid unvalidated causal or risk claims.

Required story structure

Question → Evidence → Interpretation → Action. Include a concise evidence-led title and a limitation where relevant.

Dataset and provenance

CDC PLACES

Official source and download instructions. The source may contain more rows or fields than this day's suggested scope.

Open official data source ↗

Download guidance: Follow the provider’s export instructions. A clean SI Analytics extract has not been published in this package. For initial learning, use the recommended scope above and check metadata before analysis.

Source: CDC PLACES. Original data may have licensing, citation, coverage and refresh requirements. Confirm the dataset version before publishing.

Submission checklist

Submit the completed dashboard/chart or report link, a fallback screenshot or PDF, your 100–300-word findings (depending on the day), your source citation, and a brief methodological limitation. Share publicly only if you have appropriate permissions.

Suggested LinkedIn tag: #SIAnalyticsDataVizChallenge. Mention the day and one evidence-based finding.

Submission link: To be announced by SI Analytics.

Public data are credited to their original providers. SI Analytics challenge instructions are independent educational materials.

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