Time for another dashboard contest. Sit straight, set aside your appointments and get number-crunching.
Analyze state to state migration data between 2012 & 2010 and present your results in a dashboard (or charts) and you could walk away with glory, fame & and an iPad.
If all of this sounds tempting, read on.
The contest
- Download dataset for the contest [mirror]
- Analyze the data and create a dashboard or set of charts (see rules below)
- Submit your workbook by 20th of April (Sunday), 2014.
- If readers at chandoo.org and our panel of judges love your work, you get one of the cool prizes.
About this data
Every year, US Census organization surveys a sample of residents (age 1 or more) and asks them whether they lived in same residence 1 year ago. If someone moved, they collect details of previous residence (state). This data is published on State to State migration page on census website.
I downloaded the migration data for last 3 published years (2012, 2011 and 2010) and cleaned it up for this contest.
Goals for Analysis
- Help us understand state to state migration flows & trends.
- Highlight interesting facts & trends
How to send your entries
Once you are ready to send your entry,
Email your entries:
- Check the rules (below) and make sure you have followed all of them.
- Email your workbooks to chandoo.d @ gmail.com with subject “Datavis contest 2014“
- Please include your name & best email address(es) so that we can reach you if there is any clarification needed.
- Please mention the version of Excel used.
- Please send in your entries before end of 20th April (Sunday), 2014.
Send them to our Facebook fan page:
- Join Chandoo.org fan page
- Post your entry as a message
- Attach your workbook. Mention your name, email and Excel version used.
The Rules
- You can make a dashboard or 1 page report
- You can make several individual charts (or tables) too as long as they all fit in to one window.
- You can make interactive or static charts
- You can also use VBA to add interaction to the charts.
- You cannot use add-ins for creation of the output.
- You can add data to this dataset (for example, macroeconomic data, weather conditions, demographic data etc. from public sources like govt. databases or websites)
- You can use Excel 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 or Office 365. Please note that this contest requires use of Excel.
- You can submit more than one entry. But only one entry per individual is considered when awarding prizes.
- Your files must be unlocked & any macros you use must have enough comments so that others can learn.
The Prizes
The winner of this contest will receive an iPad Air 16 GB (wi-fi model, valued at $499).
For the 2nd best entry, you get an iPad Mini 16 GB (retina, wi-fi model, valued at $399)
and for 3rd best entry, you get a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (wi-fi model, $199).
So there you go. 3 gorgeous gadgets up for grabs.
Note: Since prizes are delivered thru Amazon.com, in case they cannot ship the item to your location, you will be offered $ amount.
Disclosure: I am using affiliate links to mention the gadgets. That means if you click on them and buy, Amazon pays me a few $s.
How do we pick the winners?
Once all the entries are received, then we will open voting.
- All entries will be published on Chandoo.org and you can vote for winner.
- A panel of judges (names to be revealed later) will also vote. Judges votes carry higher weight.
- The entries with highest votes will be winners.
PS: If we get a lot of entries, we may eliminate a few during voting stage.
So what are you waiting for?
Go ahead and download the data [mirror]. Analyze and share your results.
Need some inspiration?
Check out past contest result pages to get some inspiration.
11 Responses
Ciao Hui,
Collecting Excel tricks under the title “Notable Excel Websites (Non-MVP) Edition” is a brilliant idea…
Thank you in the name of all The FrankensTeam.
On our site there is a box with a picture and text highlighting:
This is a no-MVP site
we think ourselves “bad boys” a bit 🙂
For those who would like to know why our site is a no-MVP site, enough to click on the link:
http://goo.gl/lxDszY
Thank you again!
Thanks a lot
I really enjoyed this (newsletter). I must admit that I rarely read an Excel newsletter (and I subscribe to quite a few) all the way though, but this grabbed my attention and before I realized it, I was engrossed in it. I must also admit that most of this I don’t understand, yet. But, it excites me when I do learn something new in Excel. I can’t wait to see how much of this I can implement into my (constantly-evolving) ‘House Budget’ & ‘Family Medical’ worksheets that I have developed over the past few years! I sure hope to see more of these type of newsletters in the future! Thanks!
Thanks for doing this Hui! I appreciate being included.
I like Tom’s tip a lot. I posted about a tool I wrote to automate this at http://yoursumbuddy.com/tables-edit-query-dialog/
EXCELLENT !
Hui, This post is Superb! More over I have always been a fan of Roberto’s work and have learnt a lot from him.
Here are some of my recent contributions
1. Customising markers in a chart – http://www.goodly.co.in/customize-markers-in-a-chart/
2. Charting Hacks to work faster – http://www.goodly.co.in/5-charting-hacks-to-help-you-work-faster/
3. 7 Date formulas to make life easy – http://www.goodly.co.in/date-formulas-in-excel/
4. Customised scrollbar using VBA – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
5. Adding Direct Legends – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
Hope everyone enjoys!
I like the Excel Ninja Menus.
1. Select a cell or range then move till the 4-way cross appears. Right-Click and drag the selection to another place in the worksheet then, like a ninja, a menu full of skills and throwing stars pops up allowing me to do all kinds of awesomeness.
2. When you click the fill box on a Date and right click and drag it down, a lot of amazing Date options pop up.
I also brand my Excel to remind myself that I’m awesome. In my personal macro workbook I place the following code.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.Caption = “SuperKrishna’s Awesomeness”
End Sub
My favorite tip goes along with #17. If you try to copy subtotaled data (and in earlier Excel versions filtered data),when you paste it all the data displays instead of just the summarized data.
To get around this, select your summarized data, click on Find and Select tab and then select Go to Special. Click Visible cells Only and click OK. Now paste and you will see that only the summarized data has been copied.
You can also go CTRL+G and then click the Special icon at the bottom of the dialog box.
What a great idea, Chandoo! I’d love to be included in your next edition:) Perhaps a VBA exclusive version?
@Ryan
I will review this concept about 6 months out from the original post and be sure to keep your site in mind
Hui…
That sounds great, Hui:) I just realized I gave credit to Chandoo for the idea and I should have attributed it to you.
Sorry about that!