College Spread of COVID-19 in Ohio

To determine whether Ohio college re-opening plans were effective in controlling the spread of COVID-19, cumulative case counts by county were gathered to compare various metrics related to the spread of COVID-19 cases between counties with NCAA colleges and counties without NCAA colleges. Various non-parametric statistical tests were used to determine if the samples were similar, and the analysis found the differences were statistically significant. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan groupings were also added to further subdivide the data set, but the analysis found no statistically significant differences in this case.