Kacie Rettew

1. Our subject is Health/Wellness across different neighborhoods in Philadelphia
2. Kacie Rettew, Cassidy Lorenz, Dalton Veight, Nick Thull

Netflix is a data-driven service that I use often. If I wanted to create a spreadsheet to store data each row would be the name of a movie/show and some examples of the columns would include genre, length, rating, actors, director, and Netflix category.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2017/oct/31/terror-trends-what-are-the-most-common-phobias-among-us-adults

According to a survey of over 40,000 Americans, the most common phobias are animals (birds, insects, and others) and heights (mountains, tall buildings, bridges). The researchers found that people most likely to have phobias are…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/surviving-a-big-storm-doesnt-mean-the-trauma-is-over/

This article discusses the unpredictable effects that disasters such as hurricanes can have on the mental health of survivors. A study after Hurricane Katrina showed that reports of headaches and migraines among the population affected increased from 19%…[Read more]

An example of conventional wisdom that I hear often is that having the AC on in a car uses much more gas than rolling the windows down. To determine whether or not this is true I would compare the amount of gas used in a car with the air conditioning on to the amount of gas used in the same car on the same route with the windows down.