Irina Yoon

Statistics capstone project experience:

Sentiment Analysis of how students and instructors feel about the Statistics capstone course

• Collaborated within a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement a sentiment analysis model for students' and instructors' reviews using natural language processing techniques.
• Successfully set up and fine-tuned statistical models, leveraging tools such as ggplot, dplyr, and tidyverse to analyze sentiment polarity and extract insights from textual data.
• Demonstrated effective teamwork by contributing statistical expertise to the project and collaborating with team members to achieve accurate sentiment classification results.
• Played a key role in documenting project procedures, writing comprehensive README instructions

Bus-Stop Infographic Project

• Worked collaboratively with a diverse team to design and create an informative infographic for public-good, targeted at non-statistical audience.
• Utilized statistical insights and data visualization techniques to craft engaging visuals that effectively communicated complex information to a broader audience.
• Employed creativity and statistical knowledge to enhance the visual appeal of the infographic while ensuring the accurate representation of data.
• Played a key role in writing a technical supplement. Contributed to the team's effort in making data-driven decisions and meeting project milestones.

Dangermouse Analysis Project

• Collaboratively analyzed Mouse invasion to the invasion history of mice in the Abel Tasman region from 2007-2015 from Dangermouse application using statistical methodologies, contributing to the understanding of the invasion history of mice in the Abel Tasman region from 2007-2015 .
• Utilized statistical application Dangermouse to clean, preprocess and analyze the data, extracting meaningful patterns and relationships.
• Collaborated closely with fellow team members to apply statistical techniques, interpret results, and generate actionable recommendations.
• Actively participated in writing project documentation, sharing statistical insights, and preparing presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Tongariro Heather Invasion Analysis

• Engaged in a comprehensive analysis of the Heather invasion in the context of the Tongariro region, utilizing statistical tools and methods to assess the extent of heather invasion.
• Collaborated with a diverse team to process and analyze ecological data, utilizing statistical software to derive valuable insights into the impact of the invasion.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills by contributing to the creation of informative reports, videos, and presentation materials that effectively conveyed the results and implications of the analysis.

Pharmacology group research project experience(ongoing):

• The Project requires the group to research current pharmacological treatments for cardiovascular disease and propose a new drug that could be beneficial in the treatment of a particular disorder related to cardiovascular disease.
• Provides a rationale for how the new drug would work therapeutically, its mechanism of action, potential side effects and limitations.
• The group explores one in vitro experiment they could carry out as part of the investigation to confirm the predicted mechanism of action. Details of the experimental aim, hypothesis methods, controls and experimental data should be presented, along with some critical analysis/limitations of the model and technique.

• Studied: Environmental threats to human health, Biology for biomedical science, Chemistry of the living world, Concepts in chemistry, The physiology of human organ disease, Mechanisms of disease, Pharmacology and toxicology, Introduction to Statistics, Functioning in Mathematics, Probability & its applications, General mathematics2, Statistical theory, Data analysis, Introduction to Bayesian Stats, Stochastic processes