Student Work

RECENT STUDENT WORK

STAT260 SHOWCASE

STAT260 is an intermediate statistics course focused on fundamentals of statistical inference and applied data analysis tools. Below are the final project presentations by STAT260 students from fall 2021. Click each image to view their presentation!

Investigating the Relationship between Arts Classes, Digital Device Usage, and In-Person Event Attendance (Erika, Lily, Helen, Rachel)

Exploring Greenspace in Boston Neighborhoods (Rosa Grijalva, Sydney Jobson, Eliza Poffenberger, and Chantal Valdivia)

Predicting Final Rankings of Chuang 2021 Competition Based on Models of Past Seasons’ Voting Data (Hailey Li, Audrey Liang, Michelle Wu)

Can You Find Love? Predicting Dating App Success (Francisca, Junita, Annabel, Cathy)

Analysis of the World Happiness Report (Amy Rose, Valerie Tseng, Sinclaire Schuetze)

Using Characteristics of Trending TikTok videos to Predict Video Popularity (Luiza Eboli, Amy Fung, Narelle Shen, Candice Ye)

Stem Cell Clinics in the U.S. (Emily Forden Tiffany Jung Clara Kim)

PAST STUDENT WORK

JANUARY HACKATHON

The January Hackathon of 2021 had students work together to draw meaning from public data sets related to political polarization, COVID-19, racial justice, and climate change over 24 hours. The task was to pose a question and answer it using data visualizations, data wrangling, summary statistics, and statistical models. Some students chose to delve deeply into one data set while others connected multiple topics.

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