Author Archives: cconley

Job Posting: Research Officer, Peel District School Board

Posted on July 4, 2018

A posting is now open until July 18, 2018 for a Research Officer position at the Peel District School Board.  The position begins September 4, 2018.  This application is posted on applytoeducation.com (link at bottom of this pdf with more … Continue reading →

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School Board Researcher Network and Sharing Session

Posted on February 3, 2017

Over the past couple of years the Data User Group and Barrie Region MISA PNC have hosted a “Researcher Coffee Break” where school board employees with research, evaluation and data related roles can connect on a teleconference to discuss current … Continue reading →

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Community Data Models: A Look at their Development and Uses

Posted on April 7, 2015

In collaboration with the Barrie, Toronto and London MISA (Managing Information for Student Achievement) PNCs (Professional Network Centre) a Special Interest Group has been scheduled for: Date: April 28th, 2015 Time: 1:00-3:30 Location: Toronto District School Board This session will … Continue reading →

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New Resources: Qualitative Analysis in R

Posted on May 15, 2014

New to the R Resources page is the “Qualitative Analysis in R” pdf.   This resource, prepared by Greg Rousell, is an overview of getting started with qualitative data analysis in R using the RQDA package.  It walks the reader … Continue reading →

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Community Data – Vulnerability indices and technical considerations

Posted on April 29, 2014

AERO has announced an upcoming Special Interest Group session “Working with Community Data Sets”.  This free event will be of interest to those who want to learn more about the approaches and development of vulnerability indices and the practical, technical … Continue reading →

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R Summer Institute – Registration Open

Posted on April 11, 2014

Click here for a pdf of the flyer.

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SAVE THE DATE! – SummR Series – June 23 and 24

Posted on March 24, 2014

The Toronto and Barrie Region MISA PNCs are sponsoring a two day R workshop on June 23 and 24.  A location in Toronto is in the process of being reserved for this event. This two day workshop is an extension … Continue reading →

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QGIS – Quick Start Tips

Posted on March 19, 2014

Here are a few quick references for getting started with QGIS.  All steps included are based on a 2.2.0 Valmiera installation of QGIS Tips: Install the “Table Manager” plugin to modify the attributes table (i.e. field names etc.) Use the … Continue reading →

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R – Special Education Data Cleaning

Posted on March 18, 2014

Three new scripts have been added to the R resource section: SpecEd_36_ISD_Coding.R SpecEd_G9_ISD_Coding.R SpecEd_OSSLT_FTE_ISD_Coding.R These files have been developed to support the analysis of achievement or context by Special Education categories. Each of the scripts takes your ISD file and: … Continue reading →

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Join us at OERS 2014…

Posted on February 12, 2014

If you are attending the 2014 Ontario Education Research Symposium be sure to stop by the Data User Group table that will be set up for the poster session. It will be a great opportunity to network and get feedback … Continue reading →

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