Place Validation Report

Report Contents

The report provides context about the measurement process it went through for the latest data release, as well as that same context for the most recent prior release. There are eight discrete validation checks that are used to create a quality index score. These checks are described in the Schema below.

Quality Index

Quality of the data for a place is based on both the input data for the place and the output results for the place.

For input data, the score is primarily effected by the place's audit status, and if it is a focused place or an unfocused place. For output data the score is primarily effected by how the place performs in comparison to its peer group of places.

5 - Excellent Quality

Focused place is audit status 4 or 5, and passes 8 validation checks.
Unfocused place passes 8 validation checks

4 - Very Good Quality

Focused place is audit status 4 or 5, and passes a minimum of 6 validation checks.
Focused place is audit status 3, 12, or 67, and passes 8 validation checks.
Unfocused place passes a minimum of 4 validation checks

3 - Good Quality

Focused place is audit status 4 or 5, and passes a minimum of 4 validation checks.
Focused place is audit status 3, 12, or 67, and passes a minimum of 6 validation checks.
Unfocused place passes a minimum of 2 validation checks

2 - Fair Quality

Focused place is audit status 3, 4, 5, 12, or 67 and passes a minimum of 1 validation check.
Unfocused place passes 1 validation check

1 - Poor Quality

Focused place is audit status 4 or 5, and passes 0 validation checks.
Unfocused place passes 0 validation checks
Place is audit status is 1, 2, 7, 9, 14

Data Dimensions

Frequency Published Monthly.
Geographic coverage Summarizes validation metrics for all Motionworks places available to a customer.
Date availability Data is updated with every monthly release. Fields that reference the previous release refer to the most recent prior release of the Placecast Data.

Schema

Name	Description	Type	Example
place_id	Unique and persistent identifier of this place or region defined by a data collection polygon (also sometimes called point or place of interest).	Integer	275640
current_release_id	Identifier of the current release.	String	20240201_placecast_v22
previous_release_id	Identifier of the most recent prior release.	String	20240101_placecast_v22
current_place_process	The measurement process that was used to create the measurement data for this place.	String	placed_v22
previous_place_process	The measurement process that was used to create the measurement data for this place in the most recent prior release.	String	placed_unfocused
current_place_pool	The identifier of the place pool, or group of peer places that was used during the creation of measurement data for this place.	String	DMA501_bars
previous_place_pool	The identifier of the place pool, or group of peer places that was used during the creation of measurement data for this place in the most recent prior release.	String	bars
current_places_in_place_pool	The number of other places that fall into the place pool.	Integer	3,571
previous_places_in_place_pool	The number of other places that fall into the place pool in the most recent prior release.	Integer	2,992
current_score	The 1-5 score generated for this place from the 8 discrete validation checks performed.	Integer	4
previous_score	The 1-5 score generated for this place from the 8 discrete validation checks performed in the most recent prior release.	Integer	2
current_passed_checks	The number of discrete validation checks that the place record passed.	Integer	6
previous_passed_checks	The number of discrete validation checks that the place record passed in the most recent prior release.	Integer	3
current_avg_visits_sqft_check	Pass or fail that the output of the monthly average of visits per square foot of the place record is within +/- 1 standard deviation of the the places in the place pool.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_avg_visits_sqft_check	Pass or fail that the output of the monthly average of visits per square foot of the place record is within +/- 1 standard deviation of the the places in the place pool in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_avg_dwell_check	Pass or fail that the output of the monthly average dwell time of the place record is within +/- 1 standard deviation of the the places in the place pool.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_avg_dwell_check	Pass or fail that the output of the monthly average dwell time of the place record is within +/- 1 standard deviation of the the places in the place pool in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_time_of_day_visits_check	Pass or fail that the output of the time of day and day of week visitation profiles are similar to the places in the place pool.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_time_of_day_visits_check	Pass or fail that the output of the time of day and day of week visitation profiles are similar to the places in the place pool in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_overall_travel_distance_check	Pass or fail that the output of the average distance from the place location to visitors home is within +/- 1 standard deviation of the the places in the place pool.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_overall_travel_distance_check	Pass or fail that the output of the average distance from the place location to visitors home is within +/- 1 standard deviation of the the places in the place pool in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_sqft_check	Pass or fail that the input of the place shape is less than the 98th percentile for the place type.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_sqft_check	Pass or fail that the input of the place shape is less than the 98th percentile for the place type in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_polygon_check	Pass or fail that the input of the place's shape compactness ratio is reasonable.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_polygon_check	Pass or fail that the input of the place's shape compactness ratio is reasonable in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_hours_check	Pass or fail that the input of the time of day and day of week open hours are similar to peer places.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_hours_check	Pass or fail that the input of the time of day and day of week open hours are similar to peer places in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE
current_place_type_check	Pass or fail that the input of the place type label matching to third party POI data is reasonable.	Boolean	TRUE
previous_place_type_check	Pass or fail that the input of the place type label matching to third party POI data is reasonable in the most recent prior release.	Boolean	FALSE

First Party Data Validation Report

This report provides a view of any first party data that is used in creating the Motionworks measurement in Placecast

Data Dimensions

Frequency Published Monthly.
Geographic coverage Summarizes first party data that is used for any Motionworks place .
Date availability Data is updated with every monthly release where first party data is used.

Schema

Name	Description	Type	Example
place_id	Unique and persistent identifier of this place or region defined by a data collection polygon (also sometimes called point or place of interest).	Integer	275640
YYYYMM	Year and Month that the first party data is applicable to for this place	String	202402
data_source	The name of the data source of the first party data	String	turnstile counts
data_source_type	The type of data being reported for the first party data	String	data.mta.nyc
data_source_monthly_value	The first party data normalized to motionworks visits	String	7,452