Working with R and Word
Posted December 19, 2022
Are you using R for data analysis and then writing up your results in Word? This is a common workflow, but can be tedious...Category: Tutorial
How To Choose a Color Scheme for Your Scientific Figure
Posted May 20, 2022
The choice of color(s) has a strong impact on the message that is conveyed in a scientific figure. It is therefore extremely important to...
Git with RStudio: Order Matters!
Posted May 11, 2022
RStudio provides tools and integrations to make working with git from RStudio a little easier. Getting everything to work together, however, can be a...
Plotting Geospatial Data with Python
Posted January 4, 2022
Last month I wrote a blog post diving into the nitty gritty details about how to download a satellite image as a GeoTIFF file...
Downloading Satellite Images Made “Easy”
Posted November 19, 2021
Recently I went looking online for a satellite image of Chicago to use in an RCS workshop. I figured that a simple Google search...
Common Consults: Indicator Variables from Multiple Response Survey Questions
Posted April 16, 2021
A common question we receive from researchers is how to create a series of indicator variables (0/1 binary variables) from a single data column...
6 Tips for Growing Your Coding Skills at Any Level
Posted January 14, 2020
There are many ways to gain introductory skills in programming. You can take our workshops. You can attend the NICO 101 Introduction to Programming...