I think this is a very good introduction! I think you do a great job of giving your research context, with background from current literature and from personal accounts. I also think you do a good job of addressing where the data came from and what is in it, though I would move the part discussing how much data was recorded down to where you discuss where the data came from (if they are discussing the same dataset) or discussing how much data you have if they are not the same dataset.
The big issue here is that you don't actually ask seem to ask a research question? It seems like the question you're getting at is something like "what are the factors that contribute to an individual being in a police-involved killing", but you don't actually mention that at all. You also don't mention any hypothesis, though I see a "predictions and inferences" section of sorts. You want/need to have a single research question, and a single overarching hypothesis, and then these predictions/inferences are derived from that hypothesis to address the individual visualizations that you are considering.
For your sources, make sure you are citing them with a footnote or a full citation, rather than just an in-text citation.
I think this is a very good introduction! I think you do a great job of giving your research context, with background from current literature and from personal accounts. I also think you do a good job of addressing where the data came from and what is in it, though I would move the part discussing how much data was recorded down to where you discuss where the data came from (if they are discussing the same dataset) or discussing how much data you have if they are not the same dataset.
The big issue here is that you don't actually ask seem to ask a research question? It seems like the question you're getting at is something like "what are the factors that contribute to an individual being in a police-involved killing", but you don't actually mention that at all. You also don't mention any hypothesis, though I see a "predictions and inferences" section of sorts. You want/need to have a single research question, and a single overarching hypothesis, and then these predictions/inferences are derived from that hypothesis to address the individual visualizations that you are considering.
For your sources, make sure you are citing them with a footnote or a full citation, rather than just an in-text citation.