User:Rkeating
From REU@MU
Week 1: June 1st, 2021
Tuesday (6/1/21)
- Attended REU orientation and day 1 of the Data Science boot camp
Wednesday (6/2/21)
- Attended day 2 of the Data Science boot camp
- Met with fellow researcher, Michael Rodriguez, and mentor Dr. Snowden to discuss research direction
- Downloaded and registered ArcGIS software (geographic information system)
Thursday (6/3/21)
- Attended Dr. Brylow's presentation on “Good Research Practices and the Art of Keeping Logs”
- Began reading literature on effective research writing
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Clarke, R.V.G. & Eck, J. E. (2007) Understanding Risky Facilities.
- Explored ArcGIS software
Friday (6/4/18)
- Continued reading literature on effective research writing
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Continued learning in Python's 'Pandas' library
Week 2: June 7th, 2021
Monday (6/7/21)
- Attended Dr. Brylow's training on "Responsible Conduct of Research"
- Continued reading literature on effective research writing
Tuesday (6/8/21)
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Bursik, R.J., & Grasmick, H.G. (1989) Neighborhoods and Crime (1-23).
- Snowden, A. J., & Pridemore W.A. (2014). Off-premise alcohol outlet characteristics and violence.
- Read and completed exercises in "Getting To Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6" textbook chapter 1
Wednesday (6/9/21)
- Attended Dr. Brylow's presentation on "Technical Writing"
- Met with Michael Rodriguez and Dr. Snowden to discuss literature content and continual research development.
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Snowden, A.J. & Freiburger, T.L. (2015) Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and robberies: Accounting for neighborhood characteristics and alcohol outlet types.
- Began reading and completing exercises in "Getting To Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6" textbook chapter 2
Thursday (6/10/21)
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Snowden, A.J. (2016) Alcohol Outlet Density and Intimate Partner Violence in a Nonmetropolitan College Town: Accounting for Neighborhood Characteristics and Alcohol Outlet Types
- Read and completed exercises in "Getting To Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6" textbook chapter 2
- Continued learning in Python's 'Pandas' library
Friday (6/11/18)
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Snowden, A.J., Stucky, T.D. & Pridemore W.A. (2017) Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods, Journal of Crime and Justice.
- Began reading and completing exercises in "Getting To Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6" textbook chapter 3
Week 3: June 14th, 2021
Monday (6/14/21)
- Read relevant project literature and logged with a bibliographic reflection
- Snowden, A.J., Hockin, S. & Pridemore, W.A. (2017) The Neighborhood-Level Association Between Alcohol Outlet Density and Female Criminal Victimization Rates.
- Read and completed exercises in "Getting To Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6" textbook chapter 3
- Began conceptualizing testable hypotheses
