Behavioural Economics · Nudges
Design a nudge and measure its effect
Change one small thing, such as a sign or the placement of a bin, and measure whether behaviour changes.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Under 250
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Accountancy · Ratio Analysis
Analyse the annual report of a listed company
Compute liquidity, profitability and solvency ratios for a company over five years and explain the trends.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Political Science · Elections
Analyse election results in your constituency
Use official results from three elections to chart turnout, vote share and margins.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Behavioural Economics + Psychology
Test the anchoring effect on price estimates
Show two groups a high or low number first and compare their estimates of an unrelated price.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Macroeconomics · Growth
Analyse your country's growth over 30 years
Chart GDP growth, sector shares and income per person, and explain three turning points.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Macroeconomics · Inflation
Build your own inflation index
Price a household basket every month for three months and compare your inflation rate with the official figure.
- Intermediate
- 1–3 months
- Free
Finance and Banking + Development and Applied Economics
Track a virtual stock portfolio for a month
Invest imaginary money in five companies and an index, track them and explain what moved them.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Public Policy and Governance + Macroeconomics
Analyse a government policy from start to result
Choose one policy and assess its goal, design, cost and results with published data.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Agri-business and Food Science + Development and Applied Economics
Follow a crop from farm to market
Track the price of one crop at each step from farmer to consumer and find who gets what share.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Development and Applied Economics + Geography
Study rents and distance from the city centre
Collect rental listings and test whether rent per square foot falls with distance from the centre.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain · Operations
Improve stock management in a small shop
Record a shop's sales for two weeks, classify items and set reorder levels.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Marketing · Market Research
Do market research for a new product idea
Test a product concept with 60 people and decide whether it is worth launching.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Industrial and Manufacturing + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Analyse and reduce waiting time at the canteen
Time each step of the canteen queue, find the bottleneck and test one improvement.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Finance and Banking · Personal Finance
Compare credit card, pay-later and loan costs
Calculate the true yearly cost of three ways to borrow ₹20,000.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Data + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Build a sales dashboard
Turn a public retail dataset into a one-page dashboard that answers a manager's questions.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Development and Applied Economics · Development Economics
Compare development indicators across states
Compare income, literacy and health indicators across states and see how closely they move together.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Macroeconomics · Monetary Policy
Explain how a central bank's rate changes reach your EMI
Track policy rate changes and bank loan rates over five years and measure the lag.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain + Psychology
Measure employee or student motivation with a survey
Test Herzberg's two-factor theory with a survey of 40 working people or students.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Development and Applied Economics · Labour Economics
Analyse unemployment data by age and education
Use official labour survey tables to find who is most likely to be unemployed.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Public Health and Epidemiology · Health Data
Analyse public health data for your state
Chart infant mortality, immunisation and life expectancy for your state over 20 years.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Applied Mathematics · Simulation
Simulate a queue at a bank or canteen
Measure real arrival and service times and simulate how the queue changes with one more counter.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Accountancy · Accounting Technology
Compare manual and software accounting
Enter the same month of transactions by hand and in free accounting software and compare time and errors.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
EdTech and Study Tools + Data
Analyse quiz data to find what a class misunderstands
Use anonymous quiz results to find which questions and wrong answers reveal misconceptions.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Development and Applied Economics + Finance and Banking
Compare the risk and return of asset classes
Use 20 years of data to compare gold, fixed deposits and a share index.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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