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Making EQAO data easyR to work with

Posted on May 27, 2017 by cconley

Academic data, just like every other data set, usually consumes more time with cleaning and reshaping than analyzing and visualizing. One of the appeals of R is the ability to re-use code and it is in that spirit that I’ve … Continue reading →

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R as GIS: Working Out Projections

Posted on December 8, 2015 by cconley

In addition to the convenience that R offers for data cleaning, analysis and automating reporting, it also has the capacity to complete a variety of mapping (GIS) tasks.  Following are a few R snippets to help get started using the … Continue reading →

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AERO 2015: Making Shared Twitter Links Useful with R

Posted on December 6, 2015 by cconley

On Friday December 4th, AERO hosted its annual fall conference at the Old Mill.  The speakers included: Dr. Joe Kim, McMaster University, “The Science of Durable Learning” Don Buchanan, Hamilton Wentworth  DSB , E-BEST, “Putting education in ‘educational’ apps: Lessons … Continue reading →

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Ontario Education Research in 140 Characters – OERS 2012

Posted on February 23, 2012 by cconley

The seventh annual Ontario Education Research Symposium concluded today.  A new approach was employed this year to collect feedback in real time which was compiled and included as updates throughout the symposium.  Attendees were invited to send text messages when … Continue reading →

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CSSE 2011: Research Tweets From the East Coast

Posted on June 12, 2011 by cconley

To explore the tweets from the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 2011 conference I turned again to the twitteR package for R. My initial plan had been to compile the tweets at the end of CSSE, which seemed like a … Continue reading →

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