Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC)

An Exploration of the Effects of Freedmen’s Bureau and Union Troop Presence on City/Town-Level African-American Office-Holdings During Reconstruction

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Live Poster Session:Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92202852808?pwd=L0JSUExoZ3o0SHp4eFVsVVNBNm1VQT09 Abstract: For approximately ten to fifteen years following the American Civil War, the Federal government employed tactics aimed at facilitating and enforcing the freedom of African-Americans, including, most prominently, the institution of Freedmen’s Bureaus and the installment of Union troops throughout the formerly-confederate southern states. This … Read more

Broadband Coherent Perfect Absorption in Chiral Photonic Systems

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Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Abstract: Coherent perfect absorption (CPA) is a steady-state process in which a lossy cavity completely absorbs the energy from an incident wavefront. This is done by engineering the interference pattern inside the cavity through manipulation of the relative amplitudes and phases of incoming waves at their respective input ports. The … Read more

Japanese Policy Responses to the Spanish Flu Pandemic

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Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 1:45pm – 2:45pm EDT Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/91719445025?pwd=NDdnL053cGc0Y3d6UFl4eXMrbXg4UT09 Abstract: Spanish Flu occurred a century ago, bringing 500 million infections and 50 million deaths worldwide. However, it has not been studied globally, and it is known as a “forgotten pandemic.” Thus, this study aimed to understand how public health policies during … Read more

Automated Goal Classification and Analysis of Facebook Political Advertisements

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Abstract: Over the last decade, the scale and influence of political digital advertising has increased dramatically. Campaigns are taking advantage of the ever-expanding audience that social media platforms have grown to offer and utilize online advertisements as an important component of their election strategy. There is an overwhelming amount of data available about these ads, … Read more

Investigating Social Communication of Mormyrid Weakly Electric Fish using Machine Learning Algorithms

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Abstract: Mormyrids are pulse-type weakly electric fish that emit and receive electric organ discharges (EODs) in order to communicate and locate objects in their environment. They generate stereotyped EOD waveforms, but are able to vary the interval between EODs (inter-pulse-intervals – IPIs). The IPIs differ depending on social context, and the timing of EODs are … Read more

Facebook Ads as a Predictor of Election Outcomes

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Live Poster Session: Session Time: 2:45pm-3:45pm Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/99352738945?pwd=QVlOeWR1YkVMWmRBK0VHSzB1N2Y2QT09 Abstract: This project tests the hypothesis that winners of political elections in the US can be predicted using Facebook (FB) ad impressions and their prices. FB ads are priced on the basis of real-time online bid auctions and the more relevant ads can reach a user at … Read more

The effects of college population on rent and housing cost in US Metro Areas

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Live Poster Session: Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/91719445025?pwd=NDdnL053cGc0Y3d6UFl4eXMrbXg4UT09Thursday, July 29th, 1:45-2:45 pm EDT Abstract: The presence of colleges has long been hypothesized to have significant impacts on local economies, specifically on local housing markets. Although proximity to higher education institutions could increase home value/home-owning cost, a higher undergraduate population creates more demand for house rentals. Then, the question … Read more

Relation of Temperament and Childhood Experiences with the Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis

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Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 2:45-3:45pm EDT Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/97141221131?pwd=SmlVRm1KWWNpa3VMOW41RkE5aW1Udz09 Abstract: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe psychological disorder marked by patterns of instability in affect, behavior, interpersonal relationships, and self-concept (Gunderson, 2011). The development of BPD has been linked to temperamental and experiential factors; specifically, personality traits negative affectivity and disinhibition, and … Read more

Estimating the weather effects of deer-vehicle collisions

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Live Poster Session:Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/97936875715?pwd=and5K2FXZDErVU9zODMzb25oZEVMQT09 Abstract: According to the National Research Council, annually, inclement weather is associated with over 1.5 million vehicle collisions, resulting in 800,000 injuries and 7,000 fatalities. While the relationship between adverse weather and vehicle collisions is well studied, the effect of weather on deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) … Read more

Predictors of Ballot Roll-off and Knowledge of Candidates in State Senate Races

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Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Abstract: Although the 2020 U.S. Presidential election received significant analysis, less research focusing on the state-level elections exists. To better understand ballot roll-off, which occurs when voters do not cast votes for each race on their ballot, we explore vote share for state senate candidates in Connecticut, … Read more