rwebdb 19-January-2011
The rpeds time series now contains data on student charges.
The rpeds time series now contains data on student charges.
Progress report on the development of a postsecondary education time series, which now also has a tentative name.
A new integrated data structure, additional flexibility, initial test results, and plans for continued development.
Understanding something and knowing how to proceed can be two different things.
Words that stop me cold. Glimpses ever so fleeting. Of worlds that might be.
The rwebdb data warehouse now contains 31 variables. Of these, 16 are new, including several pricing variables on undergraduate and graduate tuition and fees. The post also provides a peek ahead.
On tearing apart programs, queasiness, and reassembling them, all the while testing and re-testing for query performance changes. Along with lots and lots of verification that no logic errors get introduced in the process.
A boatload of new enrollment variables, including the dreaded full-time equivalent enrollments. Gratifying results.
Thoughts on application development, the use of rwebdb warehouse data, and story-telling with data and data visualizations.
On extended data verification, resolution of data discrepancies, candidate variables for warehouse inclusion, and listening to gut instincts.