By: Tian Ouyang, Disha Beeraladinni, Sean Lim, Melody Chen, Nalin Chopra — Due to the rise of the #metoo movement, in the span of months between 2018–2019, 9 congress members resigned over allegations of sexual impropriety or related workplace conduct. Politics and scandals often go hand to hand in people’s minds and with the number of cases on the news with congress…

By: Wiona Tan, Eric Xia, Alyssa Liu, and Lina Molla — Marriages are thought to be one of the many important milestones in one’s life. Many factors can also contribute when people decide to marry such as financial stability or readiness to settle down. Yet, when looking at general trends within the United States, we see that the primary trend is…

By: Julia Craciun and Dhruv Krishan (Team Co-Leads), Ryan Barney, Lebogang Mooketsi, and Yufei Wang — Introduction Since March 2020, COVID-19 has been a defining global event with rippling emotional, economic, and bureaucratic effects. Never before has there been such a uniting phenomenon between continents and countries across the world. …

By: Shiyu Murashima, Austin Ma, Joyce Jeon, Audrey Tey, David Spector, Robi Chatterjee — Introduction GDP has long been the favorite for the measuring and ranking of economic performance and development of countries. However, in recent years GDP has come under fire as many have questioned the validity of GDP, specifically as a global measure of human well-being and the development of countries. GDP as…

By: Nishaanth Krishnan (Project Lead), Tracy Charles, Anika Chakrabati, Hyuma Tio, and Lily Zhou — Summary We did an analysis of rent prices in Los Angeles in order to find a cause of high prices, what causes certain areas to be more expensive than others, and which areas offer a relative bargain. Introduction Los Angeles, with its excellent climate and beautiful beaches, is well-known for its high…

By: Alan Wang (Lead), Zoeb Jamal, Justin Gong, Brandon Pan, Kowoon Jeong, and Yashas Jain — Introduction When selecting a romantic partner, many attributes come into play. Especially on a first date, which heavily depends on initial impressions, one’s decision is often skewed by superficial factors, such as physical characteristics and occupation. Our data looks closely on how these types of factors influence attraction level. Imported from…

By: Binze Li (Lead), Kara Chu, Christine Shen, Paige Lee, and Huiyuan Li — Introduction According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 81.2% of Americans ages 5 and up have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. More than 215 million Americans are fully vaccinated with two doses. However, the vaccination distribution is not spread evenly between different geographical…

By: Kayla Teng (Lead), Taylor Kim, Kevin Hamakawa, Hyerin Lee, and Nicole Ju — Introduction Beat Bobby Flay is an American cooking show produced by the Food Network since 2013 that features exciting clashes between many talented chefs and American celebrity chef Bobby Flay. The show is broken up into two rounds, with the first round containing a cook-off between two contestants, in which they…

By: Kunal Patil (Project Lead), Derek Nakagawa, Reilly Chin — Introduction: The National Basketball League, or NBA, is home to some of the best athletes in the world across 30 teams and around 500 active players. …