JDS Journal of Data Science 1683-86021680-743X1680-743X School of Statistics, Renmin University of China JDS1080 10.6339/22-JDS1080 Data Science in Action Exploring Rural Shrink Smart Through Guided Discovery Dashboards BradfordDenise1 VanderPlasSusansvanderplas@unl.edu1∗ Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, United States of America Corresponding author Email: svanderplas@unl.edu. 2023151220222121932041820225122022 2023 The Author(s). Published by the School of Statistics and the Center for Applied Statistics, Renmin University of China.2023 Open access article under the CC BY license.

Many small and rural places are shrinking. Interactive dashboards are the most common use cases for data visualization and context for exploratory data tools. In our paper, we will use Iowa data to explore the specific scope of how dashboards are used in small and rural area to empower novice analysts to make data-driven decisions. Our framework will suggest a number of research directions to better support small and rural places from shrinking using an interactive dashboard design, implementation and use for the every day analyst.

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