Practical project portfolio
See the methods in action
Each project explains the problem, methods, tools, findings and practical impact — the same structure learners use for their own portfolios.
Demonstration projects
These projects use synthetic data to illustrate techniques taught at BDIM. They are not client engagements and the figures are not real statistics.
- Employment & policyPractice projectLabour market analysisEstimating employment and unemployment indicators by age, sex and area from a labour-force style survey.R (survey)Python (pandas)Power BI
- Business intelligencePractice projectBusiness sales & performance dashboardA monthly KPI dashboard for a distribution business: revenue, targets, product mix and regions.Power BIPower QueryExcel
- Survey & M&EPractice projectSurvey data cleaning & reportingA reproducible cleaning pipeline and indicator report for a household survey.KoBoToolboxSTATAR
- ResearchPractice projectStatistical analysis for researchComparing outcomes between groups with appropriate tests and regression adjustment.RSTATA
- GISPractice projectGeospatial mapping & access analysisMapping service points and estimating the population within reach of each district's facilities.ArcGIS ProQGIS
- Data sciencePractice projectMachine learning prediction workflowPredicting loan repayment risk with a validated, documented model.Pythonscikit-learn
- AutomationPractice projectAutomated reporting with Python and ROne parameterised template producing a monthly report per region.RPythonQuarto