Last week, we kicked off R Open Labs with a demo on Base Graphics, or how to make graphics using basic commands. We also gave a brief intro to Swirl, a great package for learning R. You can catch up here with these helpful slides: Base Graphics System Check back next week, Wednesday, Feb. 3 […]
R Open Labs this Spring in the DSSC
10am – 12pm Every Wednesday Digital Social Science Center Stop by any Wednesday this Spring for R Open Labs. We start off every Open Lab with a 10 minute exploration of an R package or dataset; the rest of the time is yours to work on homework, research or building your coding skills in good […]
NHGIS Releases Standardized Tables for 2000 & 2010 Census
Comparing Census data from one decade the next can be difficult since boundaries and variables can change. Trying to figure out those differences can be time consuming and sometimes frustrating. To help make this easier, NHGIS recently released 65 time series tables standardizing 2000 & 2010 100% count variables to the 2010 Census boundaries for ten […]