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First Couple of Weeks with DataSquad

29 October 2018

I was very happy last spring when I learned I was going to start working with Datasquad this year. I have some background in data science but I wanted a…

Attending The Grace Hopper Conference 2018

9 October 2018

From September 26th to 28th, I had the immense privilege of attending the Grace Hopper Celebration in Houston, Texas as a Scholar. As described on their website, the Grace Hopper…

Doing ‘Percent of Total’ in Tableau!

18 September 2018

Here is an example of a bar chart with two dimensions (the blue pills) in the columns However, There are far fewer ‘home office’ records than there are ‘consumer’ records.…

Introduction to RStudio Server @ Carleton

16 April 2018

RStudio Server allows users to access the RStudio IDE from anywhere via a web browser. Compared to the RStudio on your local machine, using the RStudio on a server has…

Attending the First SheHacks

21 February 2018

From January 26th to January 28th, I had the honor of attending SheHacks Boston. SheHacks is… “… a 36-hour, student-run hackathon open to all female and non-binary individuals. Led by…

Language Assessment Data Visualization

21 February 2018

The language department requested for an analysis and visualization of the data on fifty-nine 204-level students and would like to know how their starting course (101, 102, 103, or 204)…

Physics Inventory Database: Image Optimization Instructions

21 February 2018

This is a subtask of the Carl-Olaf physics inventory database project to provide instructions and assistance to the student worker who will take photos of physics equipment and upload them…

What is Data Science?

6 February 2018

Data Science is a sometimes difficult-to-define, increasingly popular and buzzword-y professional field that encompasses the following: People have told me (namely my boss at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and a speaker who…

Data Science Venn Diagram

Using ggplot Themes For In-Print Visualization

6 February 2018

While most of the recent conversation around data visualization has focused on optimizing graphs for online viewing (and rightfully so) , some graphs are still made for production in books.…