Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne Open Data Sources Essay

Consider the following scenarios:

#1: A meteorologist wants to collect and analyze as much data as they can on thunderstorms over the past decade to more accurately forecast a future trend for storms.

#2: A children’s physician is gathering data on the sleeping habits of children born with autism to provide a foundation for a new experiment on the subject.

Using the list of Open Data Sources (Links to an external site.) from the Open Data Research Guide (Links to an external site.), determine the best open data source for each of these two scenarios — where should the researchers look for data? To get credit for this assignment, submit a text entry containing:

• The data source you chose for each scenario
• Your reasoning — why is this data source the best choice?

https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/opendata/sources

https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/opendata