Data Quality

6 articles

Census API Key in Python: Setup, Rate Limits, and ACS Data

The Census API now requires a key. Here is where the key goes in the request, how we handle IP rate limits, and how we validate ACS data in Python.

Feb 2026 · Methodology

GTFS Validation in Python: An Article-Reported Workflow

A six-layer GTFS validation workflow. Seven-county and 11-feed results are article-reported; the project scripts are not publicly reproduced.

Feb 2026 · Methodology

GeoPandas Spatial Joins: An Illustrative Workflow

An illustrative GeoPandas workflow from spatial joins through Moran's I and LISA. Results are article-reported; no public package reproduces them.

Feb 2026 · Methodology

Transit Data Quality Under Reconciliation

An article-reported 49% to 12% mobility-desert comparison under reconciliation after conflicting raw and deduplicated transit-stop counts were found.

Nov 2025 · Transit Equity

Grocery Store Classifier Results Under Review

The article reports 94% balanced accuracy and 94% and 96% spot-check rates; those metrics and the feature-importance values are not publicly reproduced.

Oct 2025 · Methodology

The Retail Density Paradox: Why More Stores Mean Worse Data

A proposed EBT verification method whose exact seven-county counts, thresholds, and correlation are under reconciliation and not publicly reproduced.

Oct 2025 · Methodology