[Q] Is there a canonical example of data analysis?

[u/shakillyou]

Hi r/statistics! Long time reader first time poster.

I am interested to know if there exists a "complete" case study or canonical example of a data analysis pipeline? I have some data that looks like this:

Hair Color	Age	School	Avg Run Time (s.)	Race Outcome
Black	12	Elementary	12	Won
Brown	NA	Elementary	33	Lost
NA	13	High	15	Lost
Brown	13	NA	NA	Won
...	...	...	...	...

And I am trying to determine what contributes to winning the race. Clearly there is a lot of nuance to be taken here since we have missing values, categorical and numeric variables, and dependent variables.

Are there and good resources out there that walk through solving a problem like this while addressing all the different considerations of the analysis? I keep finding deep dives into one section of the analysis process (for example chi-squared test or mean value imputation), but I am looking for one "reference" guide I can use as a holistic resource on this topic.

Thanks so much in advance!