Mapping Community Level Characteristics Associated with Opioid Related Deaths in Massachusetts

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Using GIS, students will map community level characteristics associated with opioid related deaths in Massachusetts.

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First students in Research Methods will be asked to map 2016 Opioid overdose fatalities in Massachusetts. They will be asked to examine the overdose rate by city/town.  They will need to be able to identify the higher and lower rates, including noting standard deviations among mean fatalities by city/town. Then, students will be asked to hypothesize correlations between community characteristics and opioid fatalities in Massachusetts, and to create a map with these characteristics and fatalities from 2016.  Determine and report on centrality data, means, high and low rates.  Was their hypothesis supported? Report findings.
Author: Nathalie Saltikoff
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