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Revision as of 21:22, 22 July 2022
Contents
About Me
Hello! I am Isabel Kruse, a rising Junior from Juniata College in Central Pennsylvania. I am working towards a degree in International Politics with a Secondary Emphasis in Data Science. During the summer of 2022, I am participating in an REU at Marquette University, working on research concerned with Optimizing Food Distribution to Rural Communities in Wisconsin Facing Food Insecurity with Dr. Walt Bialkowski.
Project Description
(From Marquette REU Project Description)
"Thirteen million U.S. households face food insecurity (>10% of all households nationwide)1 representing uncertainty in having, or inability to acquire, enough food to meet the needs of household members due to insufficient money or other resources. Whereas the prevalence of food insecurity has decreased in metropolitan areas, food insecurity is increasing in non-metropolitan and rural areas2. In part due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it is estimated that food insecurity will affect 1-in-7 Wisconsinites in rural counties during 20213. Unique dietary needs of rural populations, as well as underlying disparities by Race, Ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic status, exacerbate challenges associated with providing quality food to those in need in these rural communities. Foremost among the barriers to feeding food-insecure members of rural communities is a paucity of information about the unique needs and infrastructures of these communities."
Work Log
Week 1: May 31th, 2022
Tuesday 5/31
- Attended REU Orientation
- Began reading papers provided by Dr. Bialkowski
- Planned Meeting with Mentor
Wednesday 6/1
- Attended talk about Good Research Practices
- Met with Mentor
- Discussed Personal and Project Goals
- Introduced to other members of the research team
- Explored previous and current research being done
- Discussed future direction of research and planned next meeting
Thursday 6/2
- Brainstormed three possible projects
- Researched existing information about the current project
- Met with advisor to brainstorm potential projects and overall vision
- Planned meeting for Friday
- Finish CITI Module
Friday 6/3
- Meeting with Advisor
- Began planning poster
- Meeting with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Team
- Pitched Project to them
- Planned future measures to know for the next meeting
Week 2: June 6th, 2022
Monday 6/6
- RCR Training
- Read textbook material to prepare for project
Tuesday 6/7
- Finished reading the textbook chapter for project
- Met with mentor to discuss project
- Planned next steps and deliverables
- Continued conducting literature reviews of previous work
Wednesday 6/8
- Wrote justification for gathering data from Feeding America
- Continued literature review of previous and relevant work
- Attended Talk on Good Writing Practices
- Read textbook about forecasting methods
Thursday 6/9
- Revised justification paragraph and sent to mentor for review
- Continued reading textbooks
- Practiced forecasting techniques
Friday 6/10
- Read the textbook and practiced in-text exercises
- Practiced forecasting techniques
Week 3: June 13th, 2022
Monday 6/13
- Revised Justification paragraph
- Set up a time to meet with Mentor to review writing
- Continued reading textbook
Tuesday 6/14
- Prepared presentation for Feeding America meeting
- Created list of main points of the presentation
Wednesday 6/15
- Met with mentor to discuss presentation
- Attended research talk
- Revised and edited presentation
Thursday 6/16
- Practiced presentation with mentor
- Added necessary details and graphs
Friday 6/17
- Presented proposal to Feeding America
- Gained access to data
Week 4: June 20th, 2022
Monday 6/20
- Gathered public use datasets about inflation and SNAP
- Created document about all datasets
- Learned about tidycensus in R
Tuesday 6/21
- Expanded document describing datasets
- Began data cleaning
Wednesday 6/22
- Attended research talk
- Gained access to Feeding America Data
- Met with mentor to discuss deliverables and next steps
Thursday 6/23
- Read two chapters of textbook to refresh on R skills
- Created bulleted list for mentor with next steps for data cleaning
Friday 6/24
- Created methods for cleaning data
- Met with mentor to discuss execution
Week 5: June 27th, 2022
Monday 6/27
- Attended talk on good presentation skills
- Began data cleaning
- Met with mentor to discuss challenges
Tuesday 6/28
- Created midway presentation
- Practiced with mentor
- Completed first section of data cleaning
Wednesday 6/29
- Practiced presentation
- Attended other students’ presentations
- Continued data cleaning
Thursday 6/30
- Continued data cleaning
- Began rough outline for poster and final paper
Friday 7/1
- Continued with rough outline for poster and paper
Week 6: July 4th, 2022
Tuesday 7/5
- Continued with rough outline for poster and paper
Wednesday 7/6
- Met with mentor to discuss challenges
- Continued with data cleaning
Thursday 7/7
- Continued data cleaning and transformation
Friday 7/8
- Meeting with mentor and Feeding America Team
- Discussed progress and next steps
- Continued data cleaning and transformation
Week 7: July 11th, 2022
Monday 7/11
- Began poster design and write up
- Met with mentor and team member to discuss progress
- Planned changes for future
Tuesday 7/12
- Created project overview document to refocus
- Discussed next steps with mentor
- Continued data transformation and cleaning
Wednesday 7/13
- Attended Weekly Meeting
- Continued data cleaning
- Practiced methods for forecasting
Thursday 7/14
- Continued practicing methods for forecasting
- Planning meeting and next steps with mentor
Friday 7/15
- Attended Data Ethics Talk
- Attended Meeting with Mentor
- Created List of Deliverables for Monday
Week 8: July 18th, 2022
Monday 7/18
- Met with mentor to discuss rudimentary line charts
- Discussed methods for data cleaning
- Continued data cleaning
Tuesday 7/19
- Met with mentor again to discuss progress
- Analyzed trends across counties
Wednesday 7/20
- Created line charts for forecasting analysis
- Attended talk about making a good poster
- Added elements to my poster
Thursday 7/21
- Ran forecast models for data subsets
- Attended REU boat tour
Friday 7/22
- Attended weekly FA meeting
- Met with Mentor
- Recategorized forecast models
- Worked on designing and editing poster
