This is a research project whose goal is to evaluate if participating in a Short Datathon can help participants learn basic Data Analysis concepts. The main researcher is Myrian Raquel Noguera Salinas M.Sc., advised by Adolfo Gustavo Serra Seca Neto and Maria Claudia Emer.
Myrian has defended her thesis on February 20th, 2019. Slides from her presentation here.
We have organized two Short Datathons using Tax Evasion data. The first one happened on October 23rd, 2018 at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR).
The second one happened on November 24th, 2018 at the same place: https://www.sympla.com.br/datathon-de-analise-de-dados-de-evasao-fiscal-ii__400096
The Facebook page for both events is https://www.facebook.com/datathonutfpr/
The material used during both events is here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k3iwGIHtS5CtPlKXnK9DTLRnFE6EPLxO
Soon we will post links to the dissertation (to be presented in February 2019) and eventual papers.
Myrian went to a Datathon at UFRGS and reported it here https://medium.com/@michinoguera/explorando-a-1%C2%BA-datathon-ufrgs-2fabd5621f0d.
See also our Links on Tax Havens and related subjects.