Today Dr. Laber introduced us to the concepts of data science, and we sprung into our first project: making a quiz! You can play the quizzes we used as a reference for this project here.
The basic idea is to have the user choose which answer option (between a notable statistician and a random object) fits the question prompt. The main purpose of this quiz is not to judge users’ accuracy but rather to share facts about the subjects of the answer choices.
The statistician we chose is David Blackwell, who we researched facts about in our brainstorming. We also worked with designers who work at Laber Labs to create artwork for our quiz.
After having lunch, we worked on designing levels for Laber Lab’s upcoming video game Zombies on Treadmills, a process involving coming up with ideas for the shape of the map and where to place spawn points for zombies, houses, volcanoes, and treadmills.
Sounds like a very interesting range of projects and experiences thus far! And I enjoyed the quiz; I chose the Gertrude Cox vs. shark option and learned a lot about both. Especially glad to learn about contributions Cox made at NCSU. Thanks! Look forward to future posts.
Hi Ms. Sellers! Sorry for not responding to this comment until now, I didn’t know how to approve a comment on the blog platform. Thank you for commenting, I am very much enjoying this work experience 😊