Comprehensive documentation improvements

[MaxGhenis]

Summary

Major documentation overhaul to improve accessibility and usability:

• ✅ Complete README with installation and examples
• ✅ Getting Started guide for new users
• ✅ API Reference for all datasets and functions
• ✅ Usage Examples with practical code snippets
• ✅ Data Sources documentation
• ✅ Glossary of technical terms
• ✅ Enhanced introduction
• ✅ Reorganized navigation structure

Changes

New Documentation Pages

• README.md: Complete project overview with badges, installation, quick start, dataset comparison table, and links
• docs/getting_started.md: Detailed setup guide with prerequisites, authentication, troubleshooting, and performance tips
• docs/api_reference.md: Complete API documentation for FRS_2022_23, ExtendedFRS_2022_23, EnhancedFRS_2022_23, ReweightedFRS_2022_23, utility functions, and imputation modules
• docs/examples.md: Practical examples including policy reform analysis, distributional analysis, regional analysis, and custom calculations
• docs/data_sources.md: Comprehensive information on FRS, WAS, LCFS, SPI, ETB with access instructions and data pipeline diagram
• docs/glossary.md: Definitions of surveys, datasets, statistical terms, entities, income concepts, and abbreviations

Enhanced Existing Pages

• docs/intro.md: Rewritten with clearer problem statement, solution overview, target audience sections, and quick links table
• docs/myst.yml: Reorganized TOC into logical sections (User Guide, Technical Details, Validation)

Improved Structure

New navigation organizes content by user need:

1. Getting Started → Quick setup and first steps
2. Examples → Practical code patterns
3. User Guide → API, data sources, glossary
4. Technical Details → Methodology notebooks
5. Validation → Accuracy metrics

Benefits

For New Users:

• Clear installation instructions with troubleshooting
• Quick start examples to get productive immediately
• Glossary explains unfamiliar terms
• Examples show common use cases

For Experienced Users:

• Complete API reference for all functions
• Data sources documentation for custom builds
• Maintained access to technical methodology

For Contributors:

• Better project overview in README
• Clear code examples to reference
• Comprehensive glossary for consistent terminology

Test plan

• Documentation builds successfully with myst build --html
• All new pages render correctly
• Internal links work properly
• TOC navigation functions as expected
• CI passes all checks
• Deployed site is accessible

Screenshots

The documentation now has a clear three-part structure visible in the navigation:

1. Getting Started + Examples (top level)
2. User Guide (API, Data Sources, Glossary)
3. Technical Details (Methodology notebooks)
4. Validation (Accuracy comparisons)

Notes

This implements Phase 1 of the documentation improvement plan. Future enhancements could include:

• Contributing guide
• Troubleshooting page with common errors
• Architecture documentation
• Comparison with other UK microsimulation models

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[nwoodruff-co]

Quite a lot of hallucinations here (e.g. Constituency dataset)... closing as better to start from scratch.