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

Child Mortality: The Underlying Tragedy

Our world today is much safer than it was 40 years ago. One powerful indicator to reflect societal living conditions is child mortality rates, given the many sensitive factors required for a newborn or a child to grow in health. Generalizing the matter to include the...

Africa – a call for clean water and sanitation

Water is a basic human need; without it, survival is not possible. Every day, 2.1 billion people wake up with no access to clean water. In other words, millions of families around the world do not drink, cook, or shower with clean water. Each year, 3.4 million people...

Immigration and Unemployment in Arab Countries

Most underdeveloped countries suffer from their young generations immigrating to look for a better future for themselves. Here I will visualize the net migration around the world which is the difference between the people the immigrate to a specific region or country...

Renewable energy production: Earth saver.

Air Pollution and Carbon Dioxide emissions: “Most air pollution comes from energy use and production,” says John Walke, director of the Clean Air Project which is part of the Climate and Clean Energy program at the National Resources Defense Council. In fact,...

Lebanon Road Crashes: Beyond Metrics; Capturing the Human Impact

Crash injuries are ranked as the eighth leading cause of global mortality across all age groups and this is predicted to climb to seventh by 2030. Lebanon, in particular, stands out with a safety record deemed "among the worst globally" by the World Bank. According to...

Road Safety In Lebanon

Do you know that at least one person dies per day as a result of a car crash in Lebanon? and that most probably this person's ages between 5 and 29 years? Roads are shared by various users with different levels of risk exposure between cars, buses, trucks,...

Covid-19: From Crisis To Cure

In late 2019, the world was hit by the emergence of COVID-19, a highly infectious disease originating in Wuhan, China. Initially underestimated, the virus rapidly spread globally, putting immense strain on healthcare systems worldwide. Let's analyze the impact of...

Zomato Halts Delivery Service in International Markets: How Can it Maintain its User Base?

Presented by: Loma Komeiha, Hassan Hodroj, Amar Abbani, Ahmad Abdel Malak, Yasmina Moghnieh, Fatima Baydoun Zomato is India's largest food delivery, dining and restaurant discovery service platform. Zomato grants customers the ability to order food online, track...

Africa is Turned Off !

  In the 21st century, most citizens across the world have access to electricity. According to The International and National Law Policy, access to electricity is considered as a human right. However, there are still countries far from having electricity. The...

The Roads of Death

According to the Economist newspaper, in many countries where the overall mortality rate is falling, road deaths have gone in the opposite direction. Road traffic deaths disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries that suffer from weakness in their...
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...