User:Slogan

About Me

My name is Sarah Logan and I am a rising senior at Siena College, which is located in upstate New York. I am majoring in Applied Data Science with a concentration in Biology. For the Summer 2020 REU at Marquette University, I am working on a project entitled "Ethical and Privacy Concerns with Suicide Risk Prediction Algorithms" with Dr. Michael Zimmer.

Work Log

Week 1

• Attended REU Orientation
• Mini Data Science Bootcamp
• Attended good research practices talk by Dr. Brylow
• Met with Dr. Zimmer to discuss planning of research goals and survey methodologies
• Developed research questions
• Began literature review of Big Data and data ethics
• Read about factorial vignettes

Week 2

• Responsible Conduct of Research Training with Dr. Brylow and Dr. Praveen
• Completed CITI modules
• Continued literature review of Big Data and data ethics
• Looked at examples of surveys and how they analyzed their data
• Met with Dr. Zimmer to discuss readings and survey logistics

Week 3

• Examined the structure of previous privacy surveys and the accompanying data analysis
• Explored the Qualtrics platform
• Reviewed statistical analysis procedures
• Researched articles related to online privacy concerns, privacy concerns in a healthcare setting, and privacy regulations
• Wrote questions for our survey
• Attended research talk by Dr. Praveen
• Met with Dr. Zimmer to discuss survey questions
• Revised survey questions

Week 4

• Continued revising survey questions throughout the week
• Read literature about different frameworks of understanding privacy
• Met with Dr. Zimmer to discuss privacy readings and survey questions
• Read literature about Big Data
• Attended research talk by Dr. Bialkowski + REU group meeting
• Entered survey questions into Qualtrics
• Began working on mini presentation