Project · Your First Data-Backed Answer

Take one real question from raw data all the way to a shareable answer, using everything from this module. You will submit the sharp question you wrote, a link to your working Google Sheet with the real dataset imported and cleaned, the one chart that shows the answer, your one-sentence insight in the 'X, which means Y, so we should Z' form, and a two-line note on the sanity check you ran and what could still be off. The test of success: a stranger reads your submission and understands the finding without you explaining a single thing.

• The business question, written in one sentence, naming a specific metric, a comparison or threshold, and a time frame.
• A shareable link to your Google Sheet containing the real dataset (50+ rows), imported cleanly with the header frozen and any date/unit issues fixed.
• One chart (bar for comparison or line for time) with an honest, specific title, that shows the answer at a glance.
• Your one-sentence insight in the exact pattern 'X, which means Y, so we should Z.'
• A two-line sanity-check note stating the check you ran (magnitude, reconciliation, or row count) and one thing that could still be wrong.

• The question names a metric, a comparison or threshold, and a time frame, and states a decision the answer would change.
• The sheet opens from the link, has 50 or more rows, a frozen header, and no visibly broken columns (no dates showing as raw numbers, no data jammed in column A).
• The chart type matches the data (bar for categories, line for time), has a title stating what it shows, and the finding is readable in under 5 seconds.
• The insight sentence contains all three distinct parts - fact, interpretation, action - and the interpretation does not over-claim beyond the data.
• The sanity-check note names a specific check actually performed and one honest residual uncertainty.