UIC Institute for Environmental Science & Policy
Biology and Statistics Independent Research

August 2012 - December 2012

Conduct research on social survey data to study neighbors’ influences on each others yard maintenance habits, and installation of bird-friendly features.

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• Key in handwritten social surveys, making determinations on intended responses
• Spatially enable data collected into GIS with coding and automated processes
• Study correlation using Mantel tests to assess degree of neighbors’ affects on each other using PASSAGE and other GIS statistical packages
• ​Write formal research paper through process of multiple reviews and revisions to assure publishable-grade writing. Paper submitted to Biology department head.