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

Children Rights In the Arab World

The Arab world is considered one of the most youthful regions in the world. More than half (54%) of the total population are aged below 25 compared to 48% for the rest of the world. Given the important contribution adolescents and children will have in securing their...

Individual Assignment – Final week: Healthcare expenditure in the US

Over the past 15 years, studying and increasing net healthcare expenditure has become crucial. We sought to understand the relationship between healthcare expenditure and net national income within a country, a factor that can be taken into consideration by the...

Allocating Sales Call Cycles

While working on the Sales Call Cycle of a private distributor in Lebanon, we generated the following graph to analyze our clients' contribution to total revenues. As we observe in the diagram depicting the relationship between the recency score and money score, the...

China’s Greenhouse Gas Surge: A Climate Challenge

Addressing the global challenge of greenhouse gas emissions is imperative, with gases like CO2, CH4, and N2O significantly impacting our environment. These gas trap heat, contributing to global warming and climate change, with consequences extending to poor air...

The Importance of Access to Sanitation in Africa

In a village near the city of Saurimo in Angola, 14 years old Amari lives alone with his two little siblings. When he lost his parents, as the oldest child Amari became head of the family and responsible for their survival. For Amari, life is made even more difficult...

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...

Food Insecurity: Children in Lebanon

With the current economic situatation, the Lebanese GDP had decrease from around $50 billion in 2018 o around $20 Billion in 2021. Further, the Lebanese pound had lost around 85% of its value. These two factors together resulted in a significant reduction in consumers...

Girls Not Brides-The Blossoming Freedom

In a rural village, a young girl full of dreams, was forced into an early marriage due to her family's belief that it would secure a better future. Her education was cut short, limiting her potential to contribute to society. As the village's literacy rate remained...

Gender Inequality in numbers

Gender inequality has been present in the workforce, in education, and in daily aspects of our lives. We can see that in numbers when we measure how males and females differ in terms of access to employment, promotions at work, mobility, and how they spend their times.

Sex, And The Hell In Paradise

Steve: “I would kill for - I would kill for sex! YES! KILL!” The Board lights up with "KILL" as the no. 2 answer, the audience in the studio laughed, the audience at home laughed, and the video went viral of yet another successful episode of family feuds. Good job...

Challenges facing Africa’s Youth

Africa, a sprawling continent marked by extraordinary variety, is often called the "birthplace and resting place of the young," a term that reflects its profound disparities and struggles. With the globe’s most youthful populace, Africa is prepared for remarkable...

“Africa – Cradle and Grave of its Youth”

Africa’s youth face immense challenges that shape their future and impact the continent’s development. Through the lens of the World Development Index, we examine key indicators that highlight systemic issues affecting children: Primary School Enrollment – How does...

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...