Senior Year Projects
Harry Potter Sentiment Analysis
A text mining project in R applying NRC, Bing, and AFINN sentiment lexicons to the Harry Potter series, analyzing emotional tone across books, chapters, and individual words to identify narrative patterns and conflict-driven language.
Presidential Speech Sentiment Analysis
A sentiment analysis of 227 U.S. presidential State of the Union addresses using R, examining how emotional tone has shifted over time, varied across presidents, and whether party affiliation has a statistically significant effect on speech sentiment.
GDP & PCE OLS Regression Analysis
An OLS regression analysis in R examining the relationship between U.S. GDP and Personal Consumption Expenditure (1970–2025), comparing a linear model against a log-log specification to determine which better captures long-term economic growth patterns.
Multicollinearity, Non-Linearity, and Heteroskedasticity Project
An OLS regression analysis examining the determinants of the 30-year fixed mortgage rate using monthly FRED data from 1996 to 2026. Applies six model specifications with stepwise variable reduction based on significance and VIF diagnostics, a log transformation on CPI, and Breusch-Pagan and White tests to assess heteroskedasticity.
Econometrics Final Project
A cross-sectional OLS regression analysis examining the effect of fast food consumption on adult obesity rates across 50 U.S. states using 2021 data. Includes correlation analysis, Breusch-Pagan heteroskedasticity testing, HC1 robust standard errors, VIF diagnostics, and an interaction term between fast food density and median household income.