<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title/><link>https://royliang12.github.io/</link><atom:link href="https://royliang12.github.io/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description/><generator>HugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://royliang12.github.io/media/icon_hu_6c9e3424380b5057.png</url><title/><link>https://royliang12.github.io/</link></image><item><title>Experience</title><link>https://royliang12.github.io/experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://royliang12.github.io/experience/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Research</title><link>https://royliang12.github.io/research/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://royliang12.github.io/research/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Spatial Analysis of Bank Branch Closures</title><link>https://royliang12.github.io/projects/branch-closure/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://royliang12.github.io/projects/branch-closure/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context.&lt;/strong&gt; Cathay Life Insurance, Loan Appraisal Department (Data Analyst Intern).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question.&lt;/strong&gt; As branch networks shrink, which neighbourhood characteristics are associated with a branch being closed rather than kept?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Approach.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Built multi-scale buffers (300 m to 2,500 m) around each branch and attached public data on demographics, income, industry structure, housing market and competing financial service density.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Compared closed and retained branches variable by variable, using normality tests followed by t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designed the workflow as a reusable framework that can be applied to other banks and cities.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My role.&lt;/strong&gt; Designed the spatial pipeline, built the geospatial dataset and ran the statistical comparisons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Based on public data only; internal data and results are not shown.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>