Ella's Blog: How Weather and Time of Day Impact Student's Decision to Take the Shuttle

 I have completed the course on social and behavioral research through CITI.

Here is proof that I can access the CWRU terminal. If you are not connected to the CWRU campus network, the operation will time out. But if you are connected to the CWRU campus network, you will be prompted for a username or a password.  Take a screen shot of that command and the response and post it on your blog. Of course, you might not have a username or password, but that's fine.  To cancel the login attempt, type control-C or just quit the  terminal app.

  This is a plot that I created in R. It uses the built in data set mpg that has information on cars  in the 2000's and 1990's. This plot is a bar graph of the number of cylinders the car has and is separated by the type of the car. This type of graph is good to see general trends by looking at the same color for the different values of x and for comparing those values with different classes of cars. However, since these are raw numbers, we cannot compare an SUV to a pickup truck if we do not know the number of data points for each class of vehicle

I found this flow chart in the AI module on Canvas to be useful because it can be hard to know when to use AI as a student. I generally try to avoid AI and have used it when I feel stuck. However, working something out on your own is the point where you learn the most, so I feel I am stunting my learning when I do this. The best way to use AI for school is to check your work or for finding resources. While I’m still figuring out how to use AI for learning, the flow chart is helpful.

  Figure by Mathew O. Jackson. A graphical representation of the Hawk-Dove model. (Jackson, Mathew. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory. Stanford University, 2011, ssrn_id2665873_code161894.pdf )      I would like to explore the Hawk and Dove rational-choice game as a tool to investigate the tragedy of the commons and structures of government. The Hawk-Dove game describes a conflict between two players; They can choose to be gentle like a dove or aggressive like a hawk. If both players choose to be doves, then it symbolizes a compromise and both get a medium score. If they both decide to be hawks, they kill each other and no one gets anything. If one plays dove and the other hawk, the one that plays hawk gets a high score and the dove just barely survives with a low score. The predicted outcome is for a mix of Hawk and Dove players. In other words, if player 1 picks dove, player 2 will want to play hawk to get more points over player 1. And if player 1...

 

 A Case undergrad is trying to decide whether to wait for the green link shuttle or to walk to the quad from NRV in the morning. Some information to consider are the average travel times for the two options. The green link has a high variability between 7 and 30 minutes when including the wait at the stop, and walking takes a more consistent 20 minutes. The shuttle is also less consistent than walking because about 20% of the time, the bus will either take a break or turn to the Maltz parking lot the stop before it picks people up from north side, or the bus will be too full to pick up more people. There are many other factors to consider when making this decision, some of which are the weather, tardiness, and willingness to walk. For example, if its raining and I am tired, I am willing to wait for the green link even if it will take 30 minutes. However, If I have exactly 20 minutes until my class starts and have energy to walk, I will not take the shuttle that might make me late o...