Monthly Archives: July 2013

ggplot2 Choropleth of Supreme Court Decisions: A Tutorial

Posted on July 5, 2013 by tylerrinker

I don't do much GIS but I like to. It's rather enjoyable and involves a tremendous skill set. Often you will find your self grabbing data sets from some site, scraping, data cleaning and reshaping, and graphing. On the ride … Continue reading →

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The Mechanics of Data Visualization

Posted on July 2, 2013 by tylerrinker

I recently presented about the mechanics of data visualization at the CLaRI Literacy Conference to a group of researchers, teachers and school administrators. The presentation is based on the work of Few (2012; 2009). While the presentation itself is not about … Continue reading →

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