Analyzing San Francisco Crime Data to Determine When Arrests Frequently Occur
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It seems like this might also be one of the best ways to learn R. This is a real-world scenario, and various libraries are brought to bear on the problem. It feels accessible to beginners like myself, and it poses a question that I'm sort of tempted to try chasing...
Anyone have any theories about why Wednesday 4-5pm appears to be the most common time for arrests?
A comment says "It's because that's the day and time when there are the most patrol officers out on the street." Is there a data source that might prove/disprove this?
Comments on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/3vfgg2/analyz...) imply that Social Security is given out on Wednesdays. I might do another pass to see if that's a factor.