AfterTheBell

Project Description

STA3180 Group Project based on American Statistics Association "After The Bell" Fall Data Challenge

Prompt: Imagine you are serving as a consultant to a school district. Your team has been engaged to provide insights to the district on enhancing family involvement. Using the 2022 Fall Data Challenge dataset, how will you advise the district?

Research Question: Which types of Parental Involvement have the most positive impact on student grades at each school level and how are they distributed geographically?

Data Set: 2019 Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI) Survey conduced for the Department of Education by the U.S Census Bureau

Team Roles and Contributions:

• Literature Review: Luke and Finn
• Data Cleaning: Zack
• Exploratory Data Analysis and Visuals: Zack
• Fitting Models: Zack, Finn, and Anthony
• PowerPoint Presentation: Zack, Luke, Anthony, and Finn
• Final Report: Zack and Luke

Methods:

• Anthony: Correlation Matrices, Factorial ANOVA/Factor Level Means, and Linear Regression
• Zack: Cumulative Logit Model of Proportional Odds and Multiple Logistic Regression (data split on school level)
• Finn: Cumulative Logit Model of Proportional Odds and Chi-squared tests (data split on geographical regions)

Submissions and Deadlines

• This is Statistics 2022 Fall Data Challenge "After The Bell"
  • Deadline: November 6th, 2022
  • Status: Not Submitted
• Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (USCLAP), Intermediate Level
  • Deadline: December 23rd, 2022
  • Status: Submitted, Waiting for Results
  • Results: TBD