Puerto Rico Data Collection Web Platform: Puerto Rico Stats

Abstract

Currently, the importance of data gathering and usage is at its highest point and constantly growing. Companies around the world are hiring data science teams to obtain and analyze massive amounts of data in order to provide the best services or products possible to their current or potential customers. Governments are also providing websites that conglomerate demographic/geographic data for public use. However, the Government of Puerto Rico falls a bit short on this due to the data often being extremely dirty, incorrect, and it being scattered across many websites that can be difficult to find. To ease some of the troubles of both searching for the data and knowing what to do with it, this project has provided a website that aggregates data from many sources related to Puerto Rico in one simple location. The project has also provided a section in which current or aspiring professionals can both obtain and learn how to utilize the data available, as well as providing resources for those that wish to learn more about the data science field. Key Terms — data science, data accessibility, data readability, web platform.