Category Archives: Data Visualization

Mapping Unimproved Roads

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Cyclocross is a one of those weird sports I’d never heard of until I moved to Portland. Essentially cyclocross is a form of bike racing that entails riding on pavement, trails and grass while occasionally dismounting to carrying your bike … finish reading Mapping Unimproved Roads

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An introduction to R, RStudio, and R Markdown with GIFs!

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Chester Ismay

The development of the bookdown package from RStudio in the summer of 2016 has facilitated greatly the ability of educators to create open-source materials for their students to use. It expands to more than just academic settings though and it … finish reading An introduction to R, RStudio, and R Markdown with GIFs!

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Updated R Markdown thesis template

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Chester Ismay

In October of 2015, I released an R Markdown senior thesis template R package and discussed it in the blogpost here. It was well-received by students and faculty that worked with it and this past summer I worked on updating … finish reading Updated R Markdown thesis template

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Digital humanities and information visualization

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Kristin Bott

This is a guest post from Kelly Holob, class of 2014 At Reed, I was a Classics/Religion major (’14), maybe not the sort of person you’d expect to see on a technology blog. But I worked with computers a lot … finish reading Digital humanities and information visualization

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Workshop: Data analysis + visualization

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Kristin Bott

For the economics junior seminar workshop this afternoon, please find datafiles and code here.

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Geocoding

Posted on February 12, 2015 by

Recently, I have been assisting several students with geocoding projects for their classes and thesis projects, using geocoding functionality in R. To document this work I have put together several tutorials and resources for students and faculty to use.

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Map of Every Four-Year Not-for-Profit College in America

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

The capacity to create interactive data visualizations in R has been rapidly increasing. Using Shiny, R users can now create dynamic and interactive web-based graphics entirely in RStudio. For example, I am currently working on an interactive map that displays … finish reading Map of Every Four-Year Not-for-Profit College in America

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Data Visualization Workshop

Posted on October 14, 2014 by

I will be leading a workshop on Data Visualization tomorrow from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in ETC 205.

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Choropleth Maps Revisited

Posted on September 30, 2014 by

Since my original post on choropleth maps a little over a month ago I have been thinking about ways to display all of the data in Table 1 (i.e. Reed College enrollment by state from 2007-2013) in a single choropleth … finish reading Choropleth Maps Revisited

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R Workshop on 10/1/2014

Posted on September 30, 2014 by

I will be leading a workshop on R tomorrow from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in ETC 205. The workshop is designed to be useful for users with all levels of experience. The workshop will include a basic overview of R … finish reading R Workshop on 10/1/2014

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