Competition
Cats vs. Dogs - The Great Pet Debate 🐱🐶
You and your friend have debated for years whether cats or dogs make more popular pets. You finally decide to settle the score by analyzing pet data across different regions of the UK. Your friend found data on estimated pet populations, average pets per household, and geographic factors across UK postal code areas. It's time to dig into the numbers and settle the cat vs. dog debate!
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Your challenge
Leverage the pet data to analyze and compare cat vs. dog rates across different regions of the UK. Your goal is to identify factors associated with higher cat or dog popularity. Some examples:
- Examine if pet preferences correlate to estimated pet populations, or geographic regions. Create visualizations to present your findings.
- Develop an accessible summary of study findings on factors linked to cat and dog ownership rates for non-technical audiences.
- See if you can identify any regional trends; which areas prefer cats vs. dogs?
How to get started
Create your most insightful analysis using DataLab, our in-browser tool to write, run, and publish data analyses. Once you’ve finished your work, you’ll need to publish it for review.
Judging criteria
This competition is for helping to understand how competitions work. This competition will not be judged.
Rules
- Entries to the competition take the form of a workbook publication. Make sure the competition publication is publicly visible in order to be entered into the competition.
- Your publication should be focused on data provided within the competition.
- The competition is open and free to registered DataCamp users.
- Only one entry per user. You may update your entry up to the deadline.
- Make sure your competition workbook is published by the competition deadline in order for it to be valid.
- You can check the time left to submit on the counter at the top of this page.
Note: Please make sure you're 18+ years old and are allowed to take part in a skill-based competition from your country.
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What makes a winning solution?
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How will I get my prize? Are there any conditions?
We will contact each winner separately to agree on the best way to deliver the prize. The winners are responsible for any fees or taxes liable in your home country upon receiving the funds. Any relevant conditions will be stated in the Competition Rules and Terms of Use.
Are teams allowed?
Not yet, but we are exploring this opportunity for future competitions.