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The Man Who’s Quantifying New York City

Ben Wellington didn’t mean to start a data revolution. He just wanted to teach his students. As the visiting assistant professor in Pratt Institute’s City & Regional Planning program, he teaches a statistics course based on NYC Open Data, a repository of information provided by the city. After he started playing around with the data sets, he decided to launch a blog. I Quant NY features his discoveries–from the farthest Manhattan apartment from the subway to the fire hydrant that brought in the most ticket revenue–and has become something of a media sensation, even affecting policy. Wellington spoke with Pacific Standard about asking the right questions, the simplicity and power of summing, and why posts don’t need to be difficult.

By Noah Davis

Full Story: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/business-economics/man-whos-quantifying-new-york-city-i-quant-ny-92977/

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