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How to Search for Census Data from R
In my course Learn to Map Census Data in R I provide people with a handful of interesting demographics to analyze. This is convenient for teaching, but people often want to search for other demographic...
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New Course: Mapmaking in R with Choroplethr
Today I am happy to announce that my new online course, Mapmaking in R with Choroplethr, is now available for preorder. The course is designed to teach you everything you need to start your first...
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Choroplethr, ggplot2 and R-Hub
Choroplethr v3.3.1 is now on CRAN. You can get it by typing the following from the R command line: update.packages() Note that while the new version is now on CRAN, it sometimes takes a few days for...
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“Mapmaking in R with Choroplethr” is now out!
I am happy to announce that my new course, Mapmaking in R with Choroplethr, is now available. In honor of its launch I am offering a 15% discount to anyone who purchases before January 1. You will also...
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Faster Admin 1 Maps in Choroplethr
A new version of ChoroplethrAdmin1 is now on CRAN, and it dramatically speeds up making Administrative Level 1 maps in choroplethr. “Administrative Level 1” is just a generic term for “1st subnational...
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Combining Admin 1 Choropleths and Reference Maps
A new version of choroplethr (v3.4.0) is now on CRAN. It allows you to combine Administrative Level 1 choropleths with reference maps. For reference, this functionality has been present for US maps for...
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Visualizing Census Estimate Margins of Error in R
A key feature of American Community Survey (ACS) data is that the reported values contain both estimates and margins of error. The margins of error, unfortunately, are often overlooked. After meeting...
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Taking the Next Step with Census Data
Today I had the pleasure of speaking over the phone with someone from the Census Bureau. This was my first time speaking with someone who works there, and it was fun to move from thinking of the Census...
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Mapping Birds with Choroplethr
The bird in question. But where does it live? Credit: Wikipedia. After releasing my course Mapmaking in R with Choroplethr last December I received an interesting email from Dr. Herb Wilson, a...
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Margin of Error by Geography in the American Community Survey (ACS)
Today I will demonstrate how the margin of error in American Community Survey (ACS) estimates grow as the size of the geography decreases. The final chart that we’ll create is this: The way I...
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Announcing the R Election Analysis Contest
Today I am happy to announce the R Election Analysis Contest. The goal of the contest is to encourage and promote high quality reproducible research in R that focuses on elections. The winner will be...
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A Tale of Two Bugs
Today I am happy to announce that a new version of choroplethr is now on CRAN. To get it type the following: > install.packages("choroplethr") > packageVersion("choroplethr") [1] ‘3.5.2’ The new...
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New Course: “Shapefiles for R Programmers”
Today my new course, Shapefiles for R Programmers, is available for preorder! This course is designed to open up new doors of data analysis for R programmers by teaching them how to work with...
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R Election Analysis Contest Results
On March 28th I announced the R Election Analysis Contest. The quantity and quality of submissions was amazing! If you have not been following along, here is a complete list of submissions, with...
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Free Workshop: Mapping Open Data in R
On May 17 I will be running a free workshop titled Mapping Open Data in R. The workshop will be in Berkeley, CA and is open to the public. If you have an interest in the subject matter then I hope that...
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Upcoming Webinars: Shapefiles for R Programmers
This weekend I finished production of my new course, Shapefiles for R Programmers. To celebrate the launch, tomorrow I will be announcing a special limited-time discount. Today, however, I want to...
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Launch Bonuses for Shapefiles for R Programmers
Yesterday I announced two webinars that I will be running to celebrate the launch of my new course, Shapefiles for R Programmers. Today I’m announcing two bonuses that I’m giving to people who buy the...
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Webinar Recap: Shapefiles for R Programmers
Last week I ran two webinars on my new course, Shapefiles for R Programmers. If you were interested in watching, but unable attend, you can watch a replay below: Some thoughts on webinars I ran my...
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Slides from my Workshop: “Mapping Open Data in R”
On May 17 I had the pleasure of running a workshop at the Berkeley R Meetup. The workshop was titled “Mapping Open Data in R”, and I’ve had a few requests for the slides. You can see them below. The...
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Jeff Meisel’s Workshop @ ODSC
Today I’d like to draw attention to a workshop that Jeffrey Meisel gave at the Open Data Science Conference East (ODSC East) in Boston last weekend. Jeff is the Chief Marketing Officer of the US Census...
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