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Which NBA First Name Creates the Best Starting Five?

Michael. Larry. Moses. Mention these names to the most casual of NBA fans, and they know that you mean Jordan, Bird, and Malone, and …

Tidying IPEDS Data in R

If you’ve downloaded enough data from the IPEDS Data Center using the “Compare Institutions” interface, you’ve probably realized that, …

Why Use R for Institutional Research? Part 1, Many Models

Introduction I first heard about R when I was in graduate school in 2008 and fellow students used it to analyze their data. I didn’t …

Fellow R Instructors: Beware of the Curse of Knowledge!

The Curse of Knowledge in Everyday Life Several years ago my friend Lauren asked me for my recipe for BBQ seitan. I love food-related …

ggplot2: Going Beyond the Defaults

With ggplot2 - the ubiquitous tool for making plots in R - you can create beautiful data visualizations without doing much to the …

A Brief History of NBA Three-Point Attempts: 1998 to 2018 Seasons

On October 29, 2018, in a game against the Chicago Bulls, Klay Thompson attempted 24 three-pointers, making 14 of them; both marks set …

An Analysis of Gender Disparity Among Higher Education Chief Administrators

The chief administrator job of a higher education institution is, as the title implies, the pinnacle of careers in academic …

Popularity of Various Data Analytic Tools at AIR Forums

Data: It’s become a cliche to say that it’s everywhere and in quantities that are unimaginable. But data in its raw form, whether in a …