Who Performs the Best in Online Classes?

Which types of student characteristics lead to the best performance in online classes? That depends on how you define “performance.”

July 10, 2014 · 6 min

The Interesting Percentages of Female Students in MIT and Harvard Online Courses

The proportion of female students in each of Harvard and MIT’s online courses range from 5% to 49%.

July 4, 2014 · 3 min

A Statistical Analysis of 1.2 Million Amazon Reviews

Analyzing the dataset of 1.2 million Amazon reviews, I found some interesting statistical trends; some are intuitive and obvious, but others give insight to how Amazon’s review system actually works.

June 17, 2014 · 7 min

Mapping San Francisco Locations Using Facebook Data

With the data on approximately 8,000 Facebook Places in San Francisco, we can map where San Franciscans are checking-in, and determine what types of locations they like to visit.

April 8, 2014 · 5 min

Does Adding Many Tags to an Instagram Photo Maximize the Number of Likes?

Instagram photos which have the maximum of 30 #tags receive, on average, about three times as many Likes than photos with only a few tags.

March 24, 2014 · 4 min