A Real World View of Applied Math and Statistics Abstracts

Class of 2019

A Rising Epidemic- A Statistical Analysis of Efforts to Prevent and Reduce E-Cigarette UseCaitlin Patterson and Vaidehi P. Desai

An Analysis of Global Economic IndicatorsAbraham Goldstein and Pratyush Seshadri

An analysis of the growing empire of Amazon Harrison Ershadi and Zach Lucas

Analysis of Suicide Trends and Causes in South Korea Julie Hwang

Comparison of Epidemiological Factors with Computer Virus AnalogsHasan Hamdani

How the SAT’s Constant Change Affects Students’ Scores Gillian Zech

Improving Mental Health and OCD Treatment Globally – Sophie Schaefer

Perception vs Reality Psychology and the Media and Their Effects on PeopleYutika Aggarwal

The Decline of NASCAR and How to Fix itMatt Roepke

The Effect of Funding and Teacher Salary on Students with AutismMcKenzie Walton

What has Caused U.S. Prescription drug prices to riseChristopher Nickerson

Class of 2015

The Analysis of the Housing Markets in Beijing and Washington, 2004-2015 Gracie Yao

Kids These Days – The Statistics on Music Technology Changes and Music Piracy Olivia Glass

Technobesity Gabi Brenman and Rose Holden

College Education – Inside the United States vs Outside the United States Josh Murari and Brian Xu

An External Analysis of the European Economy Arnav Goswami and Tabin Dharanikota

Class of 2014

Factor it in – Who is Most Likely to Commit Suicide. Abby Phillips

Private Schools – Are They Worth It? Calvin Ma

Job Not Guaranteed – Unemployment Rate by College Majors and Location. Cesar Bautista

Risks United States Soldiers and Veterans Face from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. John Rudd

Multivitamins – Hype or Health. Kathy Chan

The Global Epidemic – A Study of AIDS and HIV. Kim Boua and Jessica Wu

Mind on the Money – The Cost of Mental Health Care. Meha Kumar

Organ Donation – The Gift that Keeps on Giving. Rebecca Smith

Test Your Reflexes – A Study of Reaction Times. Simon Deshusses

A Comparison of Student Achievement between Year-Round and Traditional Schools in North Carolina. Taylor Druga and Shanicia Young

Class of 2013

The Future of Everything: Is there really a science of prediction? Fatima Baloch

Psychopathy: Precursor to Madness and its True Meaning. Allan Blenman

Knocked in the Head: An Analysis of Concussions in High School Sports. Kathleen Cullen and Chelsea Thomas

How Competition Swimwear affects the Technology of Swimming. Jian Hilton

Evolution: Theory or Theorem? Should evolution be the only origin theory taught in school? Sierra Jones

Firearm Violence in the U.S. Tanya Lagunas

Great Expectations: The Pygmalion Effect. Sambit Panda

How Do Direct Car Sales Impact the U.S. Economy? Gaston Sanders and Daniel Stratton

Antidepressants: The Effective Utilization of Antidepressants. Stephen Stimac

The Effects of U.S. Foreign Spending on Developing Nations. Arnav Singla and Charles Wang

Social Media in Society. Alexandra Pettit and Nina Vukicevic

Stop the texts. Stop the Wrecks. Stop and Think. Don’t Drive and Drink. Tania Vargas

Class of 2012

Storms on the Horizon- Climate Change and Natural Disasters. Justin Luo and Emma Scott

Illuminating the Pupils of the Future: Correlation Between Lighting and Student Performance. Maria Jahja and Shirley Lu

Energy: The Truth about Renewables and Non-renewables. Kevin Kauffman

High Maintenance Juries: How ‘the CSI Effect’ Has Them Asking for More. Logan Wagner

Gambling on Education: The Education Lottery does it Really Work. Eric Scoggins

Electricity: What Generates It Today and What Can Generate It Tomorrow. Julisa Ibarra

The Real Cost of Your Car. Leah Lineberry

How and why the gender wage gap is narrowing. Maggie Rogers and Michael Schroeder

The Bully or the Bullied: Significance of Suicides & Shootings of Students in Middle and High School. Nouci Vue

Retire at 65? Think Again: How the Baby Boomers Generation can possibly shift the retirement up? Simran Khadka

Soccer: Predicting the ever-changing game. Nicolas Romero

A Statistical Analysis of Capital Punishment. Ian Hawkins

Analyzing Engineering: Which Type is the Best Choice for the Future. Chase ReBarker

Fast Food and Cancer. Gayane Paravyan

The Best and Most Affordable State for a Family to Live in. Nirja Sutaria

Class of 2011

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and its Relation to the State and National Averages. Miranda Owens

Above the Clouds: A Study of the Flying Industry. Parker Bruer

Spend Less and Fail More? How Budget Cuts are affecting North Carolina Students. Rebekah Shoemake

Deficit Spending: The Study on the Relationship between Government Spending and the American Economy. John Bellon

The Statistics of Cinema. Melody Song

Is Knowledge Power? A Look into the Statistics of the Lucrative Contracts of Professional Athletes. Firas Quran

The Reality of Global Warming. Steven Holloman

Obesity in the World: How BIG is the Impact? Cailey Soloman

An Analysis of Factors that Impact the United States’ Divorce Rate. Vivian Vo

Inside the Bottle: The Truth behind the Water Bottling Industry. Shaza Gaballah

Class of 2010

Infant Mortality: Is Lead the New Leading Killer? Allison Bailey

Star Classification and its Connection to Exoplanets. Travis Berger

The Suicide Note: Do unemployment rates affect suicide rates? Sarah Choi

The Six Degree Difference: Sea level verses Temperature. Hannah Gotsch

Malnutrition in Children: Live Simply, so others may Simply Live. Selena Hamilton

Investing in Household Solar Energy: A Financial Windfall or a Mistake? Sarah Rogers

An Analasis of Computer Processing Speed since 1993. Mike Schumacher

McChildren: The Growing Problem with Obesity in America: Youth Edition. Katherine Speight

Economic Freedom: The Relationship between a Government’s Political System and Wealth. Hun Wong

China: Friend or Foe? Edwin Yun