311: Building Latent Constructs

Author: Amy TibbettsDate: 10/26/2022 Import Libraries and Previous Code The latent constructs will be built off of the code from previous assignments in the below chunk of code. Open and Close Counts / left_join() My latent construct is “Equity in Civic Service”. I want to measure this by focusing on the time aspects of when … More 311: Building Latent Constructs

311 Building Latent Constructs

df311<-read.csv(‘311 Cases 2020_2024 Unrestricted_Cleaned.csv’) Building off of last week’s assignment and with my new cleaned data, I plan to build two latent constructs based on aggregations. When I initially completed the proposing new measures assignment last week, I chose to measure the latent construct of the propensity to tattle on neighbors. After advice and re-thinking … More 311 Building Latent Constructs

Building Latent Constructs

M.J. Riekert require(tidyverse)require(ggplot2) Perms <- read.csv(‘Permits.Records.2021.csv’) This week I decided to take a closer look at the relationship between the declared value and square footage for projects involving new construction in Boston’s neighborhoods. The primary objective of this analysis was first to better understand the relationship between the size of new construction and its declared … More Building Latent Constructs

Build Latent Construct-Building Permit

Rongsen Introduction In last week’s assignment, I came up with Climate Readiness as my latent construct. This week, I’m taking my latent construct a step further using the Property Assessment Data for Boston dataset from Harvard Dataverse.Since I’ve been focusing on Electrical Permits in the Building permit dataset, I’ll start by creating a subset that … More Build Latent Construct-Building Permit

Building Latent Constructs: Building Permits

Building Latent Constructs 2022-10-25 Intro I am interested in using building permits data to research gentrification, which I believe occurs primarily at a neighborhood level. Part of why activists are so concerned about gentrification is because effects of individual actions have a ripple effect on the whole neighborhood’s rent prices and property values. Actions are … More Building Latent Constructs: Building Permits

Building Latent Constructs: Airbnb

By Brooke Glatzhofer There is lots of research linking Airbnbs with gentrification. The “Airbnb Effect” was coined to describe the slow increase in value of an area due to the presence of Airbnbs, causing displacement of existing residents due to financial constraints. Furthermore, the profitability of Airbnbs makes it beneficial for property owners and landlords … More Building Latent Constructs: Airbnb