Data Visualization Contest @ use!R 2014
From the webpage:
The aim of the Data Visualization Contest @ use!R 2014 is to show the potential of R for analysis and visualization of large and complex data sets.
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Submissions are welcomed in these two broad areas:
- Track 1: Schools matter: the importance of school factors in explaining academic performance.
- Track 2: Inequalities in academic achievement.
Really impressive visualizations but I would treat some of the conclusions with a great deal of caution.
One participant alleges that the absence of computers makes math scores fall. I am assuming that is literally what the data says but that doesn’t establish a causal relationship.
I say that because all of the architects of atomic bomb, to say nothing of the digital computer, learned mathematics without the aid of computers. Yes?