Disease Outbreak Investigation

Objective

In light of the serious situation that Smartpolis faces (several deaths reported!), I need to:

1. Determine origin of disease outbreak

2. Find out medium of transmission

3. Suggest measures to contain spread

Methodology

Efforts are needed to transform the "Microblog" dataset into a format that is conducive for visualization.

Variable	Treatment	Tool	Remark
Location	Break into "Lat" and "Lon" respectively	SAS Enterprise Guide	Make Lat/Lon numeric
Text	Find meaningful terms	Example	Example
Example	Example	Example	Example

First, break the "Location" variable into "Lat" and "Lon" respectively.

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