Homework 2

Use the PubMed dataset (you can use libraries such as EasyPubMed, PyMed, etc.) and download

at least five years of scientific articles.

1. For each of the following terms: Influenza, Obesity, Cancer, Covid-19 create an area chart and

compare their frequencies for each of the following years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.

For example, The keyword frequency of Influenza: 2016- 134, 2017-32, 2018-120,

The keyword frequency of Cancer: 2016:230, 2017:122,

Then, frequency of these four keywords should be plotted together in one area chart.

2. Please use a dumbbell-chart and report the changes in following keywords for 2020 and 2019:

Influenza, Covid-19, Depression, Mental health, Physical activity, Wearable

3. Get Covid-19 statistics from the city of Massachusetts:

https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-cases-in-massachusetts-as-of-april-13-2020/download

or any other city, country you like.

Then, design a Choropleth map and visualize (number of confirmed cases or percentage of

positive tests) on the map of Boston or MA. It is ok, if you manually enter the data into your

code.

You are free to choose any other state or city, it is not limited to Boston or MA.

You need to prepare a report on your tasks and findings along with a video file describing what

you have done. You can copy paste your codes, its results and your description into a Word

document, Python Notebook or you can use R notebook.

Your deadline for delivering this home work is written on the blackboard online. Please feel free

to ask your question and prepare it for presentation for the next session.

Hint: Good link to learn using map:

http://bcb.dfci.harvard.edu/~aedin/courses/R/CDC/maps.html