Here is a list of data mining story examples cited during recent presentations. Some are quick hits; some are the result of long-term projects. (A previous listing of links can be found here.)
Money matters
- Minimum wage job now falls far short of paying for college in Ohio
- Compare Greater Cleveland taxes to those in the Detroit area (calculator)
- Uncovering the cost of college sports at Ohio’s public universities; athletic spending up more than tuition
In-house databases and that produce stories
- Find Cleveland weather details for any date since 1871
- Home sales
- Ohio food safety and restaurant inspection violations
Politics
- Gerrymandering has tilted political control in Ohio; Supreme Court ruling opens door for change
- Ohio lags U.S. jobs growth, as it has under a half-century of governors from John Kasich to Michael DiSalle
- Jobs numbers stronger under Democratic presidents historically; but details offer arguments for Republicans as well
- Blue states, red states; rich states, poor states; politics and household income
- How race explained the results of a high-profile prosecutor’s election
- Trump and Clinton’s collision course in eastern/southern Ohio
- Precincts without any Republicans in Cleveland
Elections
- Does off-year gubernatorial election cycle make Ohio appear more Republican than it is?
- Lake, Ottawa, Stark are the swing counties in swing presidential state of Ohio 5 things to watch in Ohio’s presidential race
- Election 2008: Ohio Primary results
- Ed FitzGerald lost his own precinct and city in governor’s race against John Kasich
- Looking for trends in elections based on majority black precincts vs. others: Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s race 2016
- Analyzing elections based on mapping precincts: Trump vs. Kasich 2016
Sports
- Uncovering the cost of college sports at Ohio’s public universities; athletic spending up more than tuition
- A 2016 update on the cost of college sports
- In NBA Finals, home crowds in Golden State and Cleveland could impact officials, not free-throw shooters, history says
- Which states produce the most NFL players? Florida, California, Texas, Georgia, Ohio
- Which colleges and conferences have the most NFL players? LSU, Ohio State and SEC, Big Ten rank high
- How Cleveland Indians relievers did in holding leads in 2014
Taxes and government budgets
- Gov. John Kasich’s vetoes cut $33 million from Cuyahoga County school districts; find details for each Ohio district (database)
- Many small businesses face one-year tax increase under Ohio budget bill
- Would you save taxes under Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s tax overhaul plan?
- How much would an Ohio sales tax increase cost you?
- Gov. John Kasich’s proposed personal exemption tax change could save families $2 to $3 a week (calculator)
- Property tax rates for 2015 up for most in Greater Cleveland/Akron (database)
- How much Cleveland will pay to reform its police department under consent decree
Census
- Millennials outnumber baby boomers; most young children now minorities; new U.S. census estimates
- Ohio income up, but state ranking drops; 2014 state, local census estimates for income, poverty
- Cuyahoga County 2nd nationally for population loss; region a net gainer for international migration
- Columbus is triple the size of Cleveland in area; answers to that and other census questions
Weather (Examples of quick-hits produced from in-house database)
- Cleveland sets record with 10th below-zero day
- Cleveland nears June record for rain in what has been a rainy month across Ohio
- Fall arrives on the heels of an already cool 2015 in Cleveland
Real estate (Examples of quick-hits produced from in-house database)
- Home prices up for most of Cuyahoga County in 2014; city-by-city details (database)
- Home prices up across most of Cleveland, strongest in Edgewater, Tremont, University
