Are you beginning down a data path at your school? Or do you already consider your school to be data rich? Then I have a question for you:
Where does most of your data analysis effort live?
The beauty of using a coding language like R or Python, is that you can customize virtually every aspect of your visualization. With an eye for design, you can portray loads of information in one graphic.
At the end of last year, I had presented what I had thought were beautiful and informative data reports, analyzing millions of data points across 9 years. I took my findings to my administration expecting that they might offer me praise, redefine or add a possible role for me, and give me some free lance duties as a data expert. However, the reaction I received was quite different. (more…)