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Please make sure to Read ALL instructions carefully for each part of this assignment!

1. Please **fork this notebook** for this mini-project. Ensure that the notebook is made either _public_ or _unlisted_ in the settings. 2. Complete each question to the best of your ability, clearly marking which visualization and/or written answer corresponds to which question asked. 3. Your coded solutions **must use D3**. Other visualization libraries (.e.g Vega-Lite) or other code languages (e.g. Python) are not allowed. - You are allowed to use functions and modules created by other creators. For example, you can use Mike Bostock's Color Legend notebook to create your legends. 4. You are free to modify any datasets mentioned in this project, or introduce new datasets if it helps you with any explanations or visualizations. For datasets originating from this dataset, you are free to modify them in any way as long as 1) the preprocessing is performed here in JavaScript, or 2) you preprocessed the dataset elsewhere (e.g. a Python notebook or Google Colab notebook via Python). - If you modified the dataset elsewhere, **please make sure to explicitly mention in your write-up where and how to access the code; preprocessing the dataset without a way for us to verify will lead to penalties on your score**. - If you are introducing a new dataset from elsewhere, **please make sure to explicitly mention how to access the dataset**. 5. Please adhere to our AI policy for the class, which is provided on our course syllabus: > _... you can use generative AI tools to do the assignments in this class. If you use an AI to guide you in completing an assignment, you must **disclose which parts were generated by the AI**. Remember that you are responsible for any errors or inaccuracies in AI-generated content, and you must be able to explain all submitted work._ 6. Submit the URL of this notebook on Brightspace by the listed due date. ### Submission Details This assignment is due **Oct. 29th @ 11:59pm**. This submission expects a URL to your notebook that is either public or unlisted. Please be aware that we will grade notebooks based on the version of the notebook we receive at the submission deadline. This means that if you decide to modify your notebooks after the deadline, your changes may not be considered while grading. This policy also applies to late submissions as well.49:T698,Your goal is to create **3 independent visualizations of the same dataset**, each one with the intent of answering the questions stated below. For each numbered question, you should be able to 1) create a data visualization that answers **all** of the questions specified, 2) provide a written analysis that extrapolates from your visualization and answers **all** of the questions specified, and 3) provide a written description of your thought process and why you think your solution is *appropriate* and *effective*. These are the 3 visualizations you should create: - **Visualization #1 [25pts]:** How do the countries compare in terms of how much they receive and donate? Are there countries that donate much more than they receive or receive much more than they donate? - **Visualization #2 [25pts]:** Do the countries that mostly receive or mostly donate tend to cluster around specific geographical areas of the world? Are there neighboring countries that have radically different patterns in terms of how much they receive vs. how much they donate? - **Visualization #3 [25pts]:** Are there any major differences in how the top 5 most frequent purposes of disbursements (across all countries) distribute geographically in terms of countries that receive donations? Are there countries that tend to receive more of certain types of donations than others?

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It is okay to submit more than one solution, plot, etc. for a given visualization problem if you think there are some competing solutions that work well. When you do that, make sure to compare the solutions by commenting on their advantages and disadvantages.

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