{"id":474,"date":"2020-10-09T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/presidents-summer-research-symposium-2020\/?p=474"},"modified":"2020-10-13T19:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T19:11:14","slug":"jack-olcott-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/presidents-summer-research-symposium-2020\/jack-olcott-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Olcott &#8217;22"},"content":{"rendered":"[ensemblevideo contentid=t-7Andjf7kGPON574u64ow]\n<p><strong>Title of Abstract: <\/strong>A Statistical, Historical, and Political Approach to Analyzing Maine&#8217;s Referendum History<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of Mentor: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/jobrien\/\">Jack O&#8217;Brien<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentor&#8217;s Organization or Department: <\/strong> Department of Mathematics, Bowdoin College<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/presidents-summer-research-symposium-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2020\/10\/olcott-maine_map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/presidents-summer-research-symposium-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/400\/2020\/10\/olcott-maine_map-191x300.png\" alt=\"Jack Olcott \u201922\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-614\" \/><\/a><strong>Research Abstract: <\/strong>The purpose of this project was to analyze the recently digitized Maine state referendum results from a statistical, historical, and political perspective. As for the statistical perspective, I worked in collaboration with Professor Jack O\u2019Brien to develop a shiny app (created through the R programming software) that allows users to plot town-by-town referendum results for different years. In addition, using GitHub pages, I created a blueprint for a website that will be used to store future research results and voting distribution models. As for the political and historical perspectives, I consulted literature and experts on Maine\u2019s political and electoral history to contextualize the statistical models produced through the shiny app.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ensemblevideo contentid=t-7Andjf7kGPON574u64ow] Title of Abstract: A Statistical, Historical, and Political Approach to Analyzing Maine&#8217;s Referendum History Name of Mentor: Jack O&#8217;Brien Mentor&#8217;s Organization or Department: Department of Mathematics, Bowdoin College Research Abstract: The purpose of this project was to analyze the recently digitized Maine state referendum results from a statistical, historical, and political perspective. 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