Milestone 2 should include the information outlined in the introduction above. Additional items to address are the following: What types of model or models do you plan to use and why? How do you plan to evaluate your results? What do you hope to learn? Assess any risks and ethical implications with your proposal. Identify a contingency plan if your original project plan does not work out. Include anything else you believe is important. Milestone 3 should include all the information from Milestone 2, updated if necessary. Additionally, you should start to explore your data. Items to address include the following: Will I be able to answer the questions I want to answer with the data I have? What visualizations are especially useful for explaining my data? Do I need to adjust the data and/or driving questions? Do I need to adjust my model/evaluation choices? Are my original expectations still reasonable