1. And the Oscar Goes to... (An Application and Comparison of Models Used to Predict the Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture) Open Access Author: Slayton, Joshua Title: And the Oscar Goes to... (An Application and Comparison of Models Used to Predict the Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture) Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: statisticslogistic regressiondecision treeleave-one-out cross validationoscarsacademy awardsbest picturepredictiondata analysisclassificationregression File: Download Slayton_Josh_AndTheOscarGoesTo.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael Rutter, Thesis SupervisorMichael Rutter, Thesis Honors AdvisorTerry Mark Blakney, Faculty Reader
2. analysis of Statistical teaching software -- Shiny App Open Access Author: Zhang, Shunqi Title: analysis of Statistical teaching software -- Shiny App Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: R Shiny AppsBayesian NetworkMatching DistributionGeneralized Linear Mixed ModelsCorrelation GuessingCross Correlation File: Download Honor_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dennis Keith Pearl, Thesis SupervisorDennis Keith Pearl, Thesis Honors AdvisorMatthew D Beckman, Faculty Reader
3. Unintentional Single-Family Loan Price and Approval Discrimination on Race through Financial Deserts Open Access Author: Liang, Deric Title: Unintentional Single-Family Loan Price and Approval Discrimination on Race through Financial Deserts Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: statisticseconomicsmortgagesfinancial desertsdiscriminationregressionregularizationregression treemarket competition File: Download LiangDericThesis_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Qi Li, Thesis SupervisorJia Li, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. The Effect of Overlapping Generations on Inferences of Genetic Population Structure Open Access Author: Setar, Nathaniel Title: The Effect of Overlapping Generations on Inferences of Genetic Population Structure Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: Population GeneticsfastSTRUCTUREOverlapping GenerationsCoralBioinformatics File: Download Thesis_Final_Setar.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Iliana Brigitta Baums, Thesis SupervisorLe Bao, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. Estimating Sub-National Female Sex Worker Population Sizes in Sub-Saharan Africa with Regression Analysis Open Access Author: Chen, David Title: Estimating Sub-National Female Sex Worker Population Sizes in Sub-Saharan Africa with Regression Analysis Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: HIVLinear mixed-effects modelFemale sex workers File: Download FSW_SSA_Size_Estimation.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Le Bao, Thesis SupervisorLe Bao, Thesis Honors AdvisorXiaoyue Niu, Faculty Reader
6. The Prediction of Coronavirus Cases and an Analysis of the Factors Contributing to its Spread Across Universities in the United States Open Access Author: Vo, Christopher Title: The Prediction of Coronavirus Cases and an Analysis of the Factors Contributing to its Spread Across Universities in the United States Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: CoronavirusArtificial Neural NetworkDeep LearningMultiple Linear RegressionSupport Vector Regression File: Download ChrisVo_Honors_Thesis.pdfDownload ANN_Covid_College_pred.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Lingzhou Xue, Thesis SupervisorLe Bao, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. A Hybrid Model of Convolutional Neural Network and Gradient Boosting Open Access Author: Huang, Ruijie Title: A Hybrid Model of Convolutional Neural Network and Gradient Boosting Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: Image classificationmachine learningconvolutional neural networkgradient boostdata analysis File: Download HonorThesis_RuijieHuang_FinalVersion.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don, Thesis SupervisorEthan Xingyuan Fang, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. How Wildfires are Affecting the Insurance Market in California Open Access Author: Ogunrombi, Ayooluwatomiwa Title: How Wildfires are Affecting the Insurance Market in California Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: WildfiresInsuranceCalifornia File: Download Ogunrombi_Ayooluwatomiwa_How_Wildfires_are_Affecting_the_Insurance_Market_in_California_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dennis Keith Pearl, Thesis SupervisorEthan Xingyuan Fang, Thesis Honors Advisor
