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Robert Ezra Stern
Undergraduate, The University of Chicago
Project: Promoting Explanatory Insights in GeoDa
Mentor: Julia Koschinsky, Center for Spatial Data Science
Research Area Keywords: Spatial Data // Data Analysis
Project Description: R.E. Stern is a sophomore at the University of Chicago. This summer, he worked as part of a team led by Dr. Julia Koschinsky developing best practices for spatial data research in the Center for Spatial Data Science‘s exploratory data analysis program GeoDa. Focused on user interaction with theri research’s underlying hypotheses, and on using quasi-experimental design to allow users to consistently develop explanatory insights rather than descriptive ones.