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  • From Dataphobe to Dataphile

    By on November 8, 2022

    Picture this: It’s November 2020. COVID is surging. We are all still stuck indoors. No vaccines are yet available. It’s total doom! Okay….maybe you’d rather not think about that time again! In the midst of all that chaos, I surprisingly defended my dissertation proposal, which stated that I would...

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  • What is WordPress?

    By on November 3, 2022

    Today websites have a central place in academic life. Many scholars create websites for research, the courses they teach, and their personal online identities. Thus, having some knowledge of how to collaborate on a website or to create one is becoming a basic skill for everyone in academia (and...

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  • How to Update R from R using the “installr” Package

    By on October 25, 2022

    Before we start R is a powerful statistical/data science programming language. It is also an open-source program that requires regular updates to stay functionally up-to-date. There are different ways of upgrading R as specified in the R Official guidelines. Most users might go to the R Archive Network to...

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  • Reading Documentation: A Practical Approach for Beginners

    By on October 18, 2022

    When working with programming languages and software libraries, you have likely been referred to “the documentation” for help with understanding how to use a tool. However, as you may have experienced, these resources can be overwhelming, large, complex, and confusing. Learning to read documentation is an important skill, but...

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  • The Right to Repair: Why We Should be Given the Information and Tools to Repair our Personal Electronics 

    By on October 12, 2022

    “ the change may be illustrated by the difference between a craftsman of the old type, who selected the proper tool for a delicate piece of work, and the worker of today, who must decide quickly which of the many levers or switches to pull”  – Max Horkheimer, Eclipse...

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