Affirmative Action and College Aid (Educational Equity): A Statistical Analysis
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Affirmative Action and College Aid (Educational Equity): A Statistical Analysis

There’s much at stake with a SCOTUS decision on affirmative action. In October, the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the constitutionality of affirmative action in higher education. The case began when students alleged that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have discriminated on the basis of race, particularly against Asian-American students, saying that they were less likely to be admitted than similarly qualified…
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Constrained Optimization in COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation [Part II]
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Constrained Optimization in COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation [Part II]

In order to estimate the number of susceptible individuals in each county i, we need to consider the population size Ni and the total current COVID-19 cases Ci. Considering these factors, the estimate is given by : Ni − Ci    The Ni of the 14 Massachusetts counties ranges from 11,801 of Nantucket County to 1,618,160 of Middlesex County as of 2021. Ci is determined by data from the Massachusetts…
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Constrained Optimization in COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation[Part I]
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Constrained Optimization in COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation[Part I]

Introduction In the world of public health, optimization is commonly used to implement the best policies to maintain public safety. This optimization is especially important when it comes to worldwide pandemics like COVID-19. COVID-19 has affected individuals in countless ways. In holistic terms, it has affected the world in 3 big categories - economy, mortality(death) and mobility(ability to move), and social and international relationships.  In general, the financial gap…
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