This lab uses statistics and demographic data on the City of Baltimore. We will enter, format, and analyze that data in Microsoft Excel.
Please note: this lab is written for a beginner in Excel and meant to introduce you to various capabilities of Excel. You may feel the need to skip through some steps if you are experienced with Excel, and that is fine. Just make sure you understand the content of the lab! Future work will build on these skills.

This activity will take students through the steps of visualizing crime data in Baltimore City and calculating hot and cold spots using the Geti-Ord GI* tool using the ArcMap software application.

Explores how public policy and private markets affect housing, economic development, and the local economy; provides an overview of techniques and specified programs policies and strategies that are (and have been) directed at neighborhood development; gives students an opportunity to reflect on their personal sense of the housing and community development process; emphasizes the institutional context within which public and private actions are undertaken.