edscoop: “Researchers from the University of Maryland announced this week they’ve developed an analytics-driven website that measures how well people in each state are complying with stay-at-home and social distancing guidelines. The tool, built by researchers in the university’s engineering department, uses anonymized and aggregated location data from mobile devices and data from the COVID-19 International Data Collaborative, a collection of data organized by the New York-based technology firm Cuebiq. The website displays daily updates going back to Jan. 1 on variables such as the percentage of people staying at home, visits to work and non-work locations, out-of-country trips, trip distance, as well as a custom “social distancing index.” The index “represents the extent residents and visitors are practicing social distancing,” with higher values indicating more compliance with regulations. As of publication, Hawaii and New Jersey top the social distancing index with scores of 83, while Idaho fills out the bottom slot with a score of 65…”