Course Description
DATA 101 is an introduction to data science: cleaning and organizing real datasets, building weighted models and rankings, comparing groups statistically, and communicating findings through written reports and visualizations.
Projects
College Rankings: A Personal View
Built a personalized college-ranking algorithm, weighting cost, retention rate, and diversity metrics to match the needs of a specific hypothetical student.
COVID Vaccination Trends: Germany, France & the US
Analyzed COVID-19 vaccination and booster trends in Germany, France, and the United States using public OWID data, comparing adoption rates per capita across all three countries.
Weapon Preference in Homicides: A Gendered Perspective
Examined FBI crime data from 1980–2014 to explore how perpetrator and victim sex relate to weapon choice in homicides.
Final Project
The Banana Index: A Unique Way to Look at Food Efficiency and Environmental Impact
Created a custom "Banana Index" formula to compare foods by CO2 emissions per nutritional value, ranking the ten most and least environmentally efficient foods.