Data Visualization

Blog of the Data Visualization & Communication Course at OSB-AUB

This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization” John Tukey

Brazil’s Great Recession – Unemployment

Unemployment is highly dependent on economic activity; in fact, growth and unemployment can be thought of as two sides of the same coin: when economic activity is high, more production happens overall, and more people are needed to produce the higher amount of goods...

Alert! The African Continent Desperately Needs a Water Solution

African countries face a critical water situation, with millions lacking access to clean and safe water sources According to the United Nations, about 40% of the world's population lack access to the least basic water needs and with the global temperatures on the rise...

Renewable Energy in the Arab World

With energy and power issues weighing on our daily lives as Lebanese people, we find ourselves constantly engaging in discussions around the topic of lack of electricity, leading to the inevitable “Did you switch to solar power?”...

The Right to Longevity and Healthy Aging: Health Expenditure & Life Expectancy Issue

  Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages GOAL:3 On the morning of his 45th birthday, Pedro woke up feeling depressed and anxious what was supposedly a happy occasion was one step closer to inevitable death for Pedro. You see no one in...

Literacy, Poverty, Early Marriage, & Domestic Violence

  Educate a girl, change the world - Malala Yousafzai Being a young lady and living in Lebanon, we always heard stories of women being beaten up, tortured, or killed by their husbands from our family members or friends. According to the World Health Organization...

Morocco: Understanding Female’s Low Participation in the Workforce

Underemployment and low-skilled work are among key characteristics of female employment in Morocco where the integration of women into the labor market is a chronic difficulty for policymakers. The labor force participation rate of women, in Morocco,  is significantly...

Addressing Maternal Death in Sub Saharan Africa

Maternal death in the Sub-Saharan African Region Although the ratio of maternal death is observed and recorded to be decreasing in the Sub-Saharan region, the ratio is still above the world ratio. Maternal death in this region is recorded to be at a rate of 533 death...

Salesperson Regional Allocation

  As part of the final project, it was interesting to see the regional allocation of the salesperson. The first visual shows how many visits to the client should be made for each region. The second visual shows the allocation of the salesperson according to...

The Global Water Crisis

The Global Water Crisis The global water crisis is a pressing issue characterized by increasing water scarcity and deteriorating water quality, impacting billions worldwide. Factors such as population growth, climate change, pollution, and inefficient water management...

Climate Smart Food!

By Razan Tayba, Zeinab Nassar, Jalal Abboud, Dana Najjar, Ali Sabra The world's population has significantly expanded over the ages, on November 15, 2022, it was announced that the world population officially hit the 8 billion mark. Population growth is not expected...
The psychology behind chess

The psychology behind chess

Introduction: Chess, through history, has been used to determine someone's intelligence; it has been used geopolitically in 1972 when the famous American Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky from the USSR, signaling Western intelligence over Eastern one. Not only...

Student Performance in Exams

Student Performance in Exams

Unveiling Exam Success: Insights into Student Performance   Education shapes futures, but what factors play the most significant role in student success? This project explores student performance through data from a Kaggle dataset and a survey conducted among...

Exposing Thyroid Diseases

Exposing Thyroid Diseases

In the quiet corridors of our family history, a common threat is spreading across generations: thyroid diseases; which are a whispered secret, passed down from mothers to daughters, as if it is a legacy of hormonal imbalances that affect our entire life. But as I...

Air Pollution: A Harsh Breath to Reality

Air Pollution: A Harsh Breath to Reality

My Personal Experience It’s been for 5 years in my life that I live in a country where is located in Mediterranean coast and I felt a paramount difference in quality of life in the sense of what you breathe into your body and lungs. All my life until reach 18 years...

Silent Suffering: Unveiling the Darkness of Bullying

Silent Suffering: Unveiling the Darkness of Bullying

Recognizing the Issue Imagine being a young teenager, just trying to navigate the ups and downs of growing up. Now picture facing daily taunts, threats, and even physical harm from your peers. This is the harsh reality for many adolescents and pre-adolescents who fall...

The Social Media Reality: A Mentally Depressing One?

The Social Media Reality: A Mentally Depressing One?

My Teenage Years Throughout my childhood and teenage years, social media played a pivotal role in my life. It controlled how I think, what I do, and who I am friends with. I felt depressed and did not know why or how to stop it. As a young teenager, I wanted to prove...