Blog Posts

Analyzing Ambient Air Quality Trends in Ghana

Columbia University

Using data from a fleet of air pollution monitors to visualize patterns in community air quality levels and explore reasons for the pollution trends.

Preliminary Analysis of Heat’s Impact on Mental Health Among Pregnancy Cohort

Columbia University

This analysis was included in a grant proposal that aims to further explore the impacts of temperature on mental health and test whether an intervention related to heat…

Raking to Improve Survey Weights

Columbia University

Employing raking, also known as iterative proportional fitting, to refine survey weights and better align results with known population values.

Whose Song is it Anyway?

Machine Learning

Visualizing my Spotify data and creating a model to determine whether a song comes from my library or my friend Elke’s.

Ethics of AI and Behavioral Nudging for the Environment

A debate about how AI and nudge theory should or shouldn’t be used to tackle environmental problems.

Lewis White, Elke Windschitl

Modeling Asthma Hospitalizations

Exploring factors that effect the hospitalization rate due to asthma in California counties.

Behind the Scenes of Our LGBTQIA+ Pride Research

An inside look at the methodology behind our qualitative research on LGBTQIA+ experiences with Pride—covering survey design, participant recruiting, thematic analysis, and…

Testing How To Improve Video Response Quality in Remote Research

Using ANOVAs and t-tests to examine how specific instructions improve the quality of user-generated videos, helping researchers capture better insights while balancing…