User:ShelbyMarie
About Me
I am a rising senior at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. I will graduate in the Spring of 2013 with a BS in Mathematics (with a focus in Statistics) as well as a minor in Computational Science. I hope to eventually to to Graduate School for either Statistics or Meteorology.
Research Goals
-Become fluent in MatLab programming.
-Learn Linear Regression.
-Be able to implement these: Take theory and apply it to practice.
-Program MatLab to run linear regression and determine whether or not the coefficient values are significant.
-Test this code with a simulation: use simulated data to make sure the code is working as I expect it to.
-Integrate my work with Abby's work: use the images Abby generates and in each voxel do regression.
-Learn how to make useful displays to communicate what is being done.
-Be able to save data in a file and load it back in, and be able to load in the data that Abby has saved.
-Find the mead and standard deviation in every voxel. Turn this into an image for display.
-Learn how to use the Likelihood Ratio Test to derive the t-statistic.
-Once a number for the degree of activation in each voxel is obtained, color code this with a color map for different degrees of activation.
END GOAL: Get actual data and run the above analyses on it.
Research Log
Week One: 5/28-6/1
May 28th
-Memorial Day!
-Traveled to Marquette University
May 29th
-Orientation Day!
-Filled out necessary paperwork, including work forms and pre-survey
-Met fellow REU students and mentors.
-Received tours of both the campus and the surrounding area
May 30th
-Learned how to use Marquette's library resources
-Met with advisory, Dr. Rowe, to learn the overview and general outcomes of the research project.
-Began reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
May 31st
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
-Attended talk by Dr. Factor, "Good Research Practices"
-Began working with Matlab and learning how to use it
June 1st
-Traveled home to attend sister's graduation.
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
Week Two: 6/4-6/8
June 4th
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
-Learned about the underlying math principles behind Linear Regression
June 5th
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
June 6th
-Worked in MatLab to figure out how to use time series data as well as run various statistical procedures.
-Set up meeting with Dr. Rowe.
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
June 7th
-Working lunch with other REU students.
-Met with Dr. Rowe to discuss current progress, as well as future goals. Worked out problems that had arisen and obtained books to use at reference for MatLab.
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher.
June 8th
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
Week Three: 6/11-6/15
June 11th
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
-Began reading and taking notes on "MATLAB: The Language of Technical Computing: Getting Started With MATLAB"
June 12th
-Continued reading and taking notes on "MATLAB: The Language of Technical Computing: Getting Started With MATLAB"
-Worked on problems in MATLAB
-Attended talk by Dr. Brylow, "Good Presentations, Good Technical Writing, and the Difference Between the Two"
June 13th
-Went to the library.
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
-Continued reading and taking notes on "MATLAB: The Language of Technical Computing: Getting Started With MATLAB"
June 14th
-Working Lunch with other REU students
-Continued working in MATLAB
June 15th
-Continued working in MATLAB, learning the basics of how to work in the program
Week Four: 6/18-6/22
June 18th
-Located various articles to supplement the books I have been reading for research.
-Began to get a better idea of the workings of the actual MRI equipment
June 19th
-Read article "A complex way to compute fMRI activation" by Daniel Rowe and Brent Logan
-Outlined programs in MATLAB
June 20th
-Attended LaTeX introduction by Dr. Corliss
-Attempted to download LaTeX to my computer and begin learning how to use it
June 21st
-Working Lunch with other REU students
-Created basic color map using MATLAB
June 22nd
-Worked on power point for mini-presentation
Week Five: 6/25-6/29
June 25rd
-Met with Dr. Rowe
-Completed mini-presentation power point
June 26th
-MINI-PRESENTATIONS
-Watched all the other REU students present
-Shared with the rest of the REU group what work I have been doing this summer
June 27th
-Read "Region of interest analysis for fMRI" by Russell Poldrack
-Continued MATLAB coding
June 28th
-Read "Likelihood Ratio Test based on Fuzzy Data" by Zohreh Najafi, S. Mahmoud Taheri, and Mashaalah Mashinchi
-Attempted to understand the Likelihood Ratio Test
June 29th
-Continued working to understand the Likelihood Ratio Test
Week Six: 7/2-7/6
July 2nd
-Outlined more coding in MATLAB, determining what I need to make the computer do in order to run the linear regression test
July 3rd
-Attended talk by Dr. Brylow, "What Makes A Good Poster"
-Looked around the 3rd floor of Cudahy and critiqued the research posters, determined a favorite and a least favorite, and used it to figure out what I wanted to do with my poster
-Continued coding in MATLAB
July 4th
-Happy Independence Day!
July 5th
-Working Lunch with other REU students
-Continued reading and taking notes on Linear Models in Statistics by Alvin C. Rencher
July 6th
-Looked over MATLAB coding
Week Seven: 7/9-7/13
July 9th
-Reviewed general outline of problem.
-Looked at what had been accomplished and what still needed to be completed.
-Revised plan for the remainder of the program.
July 10th
-Continued reading and re-reading various articles and books to find details I had missed the first time around and to strengthen my understanding.
-Requested books from the Milwaukee Public Library
July 11th
-Continued reading books and articles.
July 12th
-Working Lunch with other REU students
-Picked up books from Milwaukee Public Library
-Began reading books from library
July 13th
-Continued reading books from Milwaukee Public Library
Week Eight: 7/16-7/20
July 16th
-Began to finalize MATLAB coding
-Completed codes relating to creating matricies with the mean and standard deviation for each voxel
July 17th
-Continued to finalize MATLAB coding
-Completed codes relating to linear regression and assessing the data
July 18th
-Began working on poster, drawing out a plan
-Met with Dr. Rowe
July 19th
-Continued working on poster, formatting
-Created graphics for poster
July 20th
-Continued working on poster, began working on content
Week Nine: 7/23-7/27
July 23rd
-Continued working on poster, content
July 24th
-Continued working on poster, created graphs
-Continued working with likelihood ratio test
July 25th
-Finished poster
-Finally have solid understanding of liklihood ratio test
