https://stannomarjones.com/tags/data-analysis/ Recent content in Data Analysis on theplaybook Hugo -- 0.147.2 en-us Thu, 02 May 2024 12:18:35 -0400 https://stannomarjones.com/posts/canada-employment-data-analysis-in-r/ Thu, 02 May 2024 12:18:35 -0400 https://stannomarjones.com/posts/canada-employment-data-analysis-in-r/ <h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>During the early months of COVID-19, job losses were widely reported—but I wanted to understand <em>how those impacts varied across sectors and provinces</em>, and how quickly recovery actually began.</p> <p>Specifically:</p> <ul> <li>Which sectors were hit hardest?</li> <li>Did recovery happen uniformly across provinces?</li> <li>Were there meaningful differences across demographic or regional patterns?</li> </ul> <p>To answer this, I analyzed labor market data across Canadian provinces from January to September 2020 using R.</p> <hr> <h2 id="approach">Approach</h2> <p>I worked with multiple datasets covering employment by province, sector (NAICS categories), and month. The workflow was straightforward but important:</p>