Education Capstone Projects
This project examines a number of questions using raw data on course enrollment at Duke University. Questions range from how do grades impact the order of courses students take to are there certain courses that are bottlenecks for majors. A tangible product will be a recommendation engine for course suggestion...
In today’s world, datasets are much larger and more complex and thus require new and innovative techniques to make reliable inferences. The data also reflect existing human biases and social inequalities, which are compounded by the use of algorithms and machine learning models. This can lead to unfair outcomes and...
Since the 1980s, American schools have been steadily re-segregating, despite extensive research documenting the harms of this process. This is driven by factors such wealth and opportunity which are heavily correlated with race. However, research demonstrates that the socioeconomic makeup of a school may play a more significant role in...
Every election cycle, the use of digital advertising by U.S. political campaigns becomes more commonplace. The past few years have seen extensive public debate about the use of targeted digital advertising by political campaigns. Unlike other forms of political advertising, campaign ads in the digital sphere remain largely unregulated by...
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