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Is the secret to longevity eating chocolate?

Poster · October 2017

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18435.76327

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 I S THE S ECRET TO L ONGEVITY E ATING C HOCOLATE
{ C ERISE WALKER AND I TAUMA I TAUMA } WAYNE S TATE U NIVERSITY

I NTRODUCTION S TUDY P URPOSE & M OTIVATION R ESULTS

Chocolate is a favorite choice of indulgent confec-
tion among many, but, it is possible that it is not
only satisfying a craving for one’s sweet-tooth.
Since cacao, the purest form of chocolate, was dis-
covered centuries ago, scientists have been inves-
tigating its effects on the human body.
• Over 100 manuscripts can be found examining
the healing properties of cacao from the 16th to
20th century.
• Most researchers [1] agree that chocolate con-
tains several ingredients that can potentially in-
fluence cognitive function.
• A recent study [2] found a strong positive
correlation between intake per capita and the
number of Nobel laureates in various countries.
• HPCC Systems ML correlation and regression
modules will be used to determine the strength
of the correlation between chocolate consump-
tion, life expectancy, and happiness.
• The HPCC Systems Visualization Bundle will
be utilized to provide visual representations of
data analyses.
Figure 1: Distribution of Chocolate Consumption
The motivation behind this study is to show how
HPCC Systems can be used in academia to per-
form simple descriptive & inferential statistics, Mean consumption level was 4.99 kg per capita.
and data analyses at an undergraduate level. Distribution is left skewed with majority of the
consumption levels below the mean.
R ESULTS

Figure 3: Distribution of Life Expectancy

M ATERIALS & M ETHODS
Figure 4: Consumption v Life Expectancy Correlation
Chocolate consumption and life expectancy has a
moderate positive correlation r(33) = .46, p < .01
Life expectancy and happiness were right skewed
Figure 2: Distribution of Happiness with the majority of countries above the average.
U SING HPCC S YSTEMS C ONCLUSION
The Visualizer Bundle is an open source add-on to
the HPCC Systems Platform and it plays an essen-
tial part in conducting any analysis. Good visuals
enable data analysts make better observations.

• The visualizer bundle is a great tool that allows

• A list of the anticipated life expectancies was
obtained from the World Health Organization’s
2016 World Health Statistics.
• Happiness levels were obtained from the World
Happiness report. Rankings of happiness are
based upon an average of Cantril Ladder scores
over the years 2013 - 2016.
• Chocolate consumption data was obtained
from Caobisco’s Statistical Bulletin, Chocosu-
isse Bulletin, and Per Capita Consumption of
Chocolate Confectionery Worldwide published
by Statistica.
• Countries were chosen if there were reports for
the life expectancy, happiness level and choco-
late consumption.
Figure 5: Happiness v Life Expectancy Correlation
Happiness and life expectancy variables were
strongly correlated, r(33) = .68, p < .01
Figure 6: Happiness v Consumption Correlation
Happiness and chocolate consumption were
strongly correlated r(33) = .66, p < .01
F UTURE R ESEARCH
In the future, we plan to use inferential statis-
tics models to make more inferences from our
data analysts to go no further than the ECL IDE
to make graphs for data visualization.
Useful features to include in the future would be
the addition of:
• A label option for X and Y axis.
• An option to save graphs as different file types.
• An option to view each graph individually in
ECL Watch
• An option to save each individual graph.
data and explore what factors can increase life ex-
pectancy.
HPCC Systems visualization bundle is an effec-
tive tool for visualizing data. Although there is a
correlation between chocolate consumption, hap-
piness, and life expectancy, this does not imply
that these factors are the cause of one or the other.
Many factors influence life expectancy and happi-
ness and more tests have to be done to prove the
influence of chocolate consumption.
R EFERENCES
[1] A. Scholey and L. Owen. Effects of chocolate on
cognitive function and mood: a systematic review.,
2013.
[2] Franz H Messerli. Chocolate consumption, cogni-
tive function, and Nobel laureates. The New Eng-
land journal of medicine, 367(16):1562, 2012.

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