关于neu申请的写一个project的问题

我在申请neu的时候看到有以下两项：
Please answer ONE of the following questions:

1- Please give an example of a project you have completed in a work setting or in an academic setting that demonstrates your ability to manipulate and analyze data. Explain how you completed your analysis.

2- Describe one of the hardest problems you have ever solved in a professional or educational setting. Explain how you approached, analyzed, and solved the problem.

请问一下各位大神，这是相当于是ps嘛？还是说是另外写的东西呢？如果是另外写的，那大概格式应该是怎么样呢？谢谢各位大神。。

这个就是二选一选一个来写，和PS不一样的，PS是写的你的career goals, reasons之类的。这个是让你举一个你在工作或者学术上做的一个项目的经历的例子，来证明你分析和操作数据的能力。主要是解释你是如何分析的。没有固定的什么格式吧，就直接写一两段就行了

随便写一点就行了，neu网申有挺多特立独行的要求