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Introduction

COVID-19 Mental Health and Unemployment Rate

Independent Research Project

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Introduction

The pandemic originating in China in 2019 has caused billions of people’s lives to be affected as a result. In the project, data about 1. mental health symptoms and 2. unemployment rate on a national and state level in the United States is analyzed to determine if these factors were affected due to COVID-19. 
1. Examined data about the percentage of people with mental health symptoms nationally and for each state in the United States. On a national level, the percentage of people with mental health symptoms for different demographics such as race, gender, age, and education level are analyzed. Classification of states by time zones was also investigated.
2. Analyzed data about unemployment rate nationally and for each state to determine if the rate substantially changed from 2019 to 2020. Each year and month from April to October was examined to find differences in each span of time

My Role

Participated in the project as a part of the MC2 Program for MTH 440: Mathematical and Computational Consulting at UMass Dartmouth with Keivan Sadeghzadeh supervising as a research mentor.
Some of my key contributions to the research included:

  • Gathering background information on various subjects, including:

    • The development of COVID-19 throughout 2019 and 2020

    • Effects of social distancing on crime rate

    • Effects of COVID-19 on certain ethnic groups

    • Surveys measuring certain mental health symptoms during COVID-19

    • False information and fake treatments for COVID-19 

  • Manualing gathering and organizing data from external sources into one data file

  • Understanding and utilizing Tableau for data visualization and Exploratory Data Analysis

  • Creating and presenting research through posters and oral presentations at conferences

  • Producing research paper through writing and figure creation

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Technologies and Skills

  • Tableau

    • Importing datasets

    • Using Marks for effective visualization

    • Applying filters

    • Creating line, bar, and scatter graphs

    • Creating geographic maps for specific regions

    • Constructing workbooks and dashboards

  • Zoom (remote communication)

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft PowerPoint

  • Microsoft Word

  • Google Docs

  • Google Drawing

  • Google Drive

  • Google Slides

Role
Skills
Conferences

The project has been presented at a variety of conferences.

Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) Conference 2021

March 26th - 27th, 2021
Virtual
Poster and Presentation

Program
Proceedings

Massachusetts URC (Undergraduate Research Conference)
 

April 23rd, 2021
Virtual
Poster

Program
Event

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Poster
Presentation
Conferences
Research Paper

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Figures

Each figure was constructed by utilizing Tableau figures formatted through Google Drawing. 

Paper
Files
Project Files

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