Mentorship in data science empowers everyone to leverage their data in new and exciting ways
It’s our belief that the world of statistics and data science should be made more accessible to anyone; not just those with a math background, not just those with a computing background, and not just those who already understand the benefits of collecting and analyzing data. We seek to help by providing free courses on data science and worksheets to inculcate a data driven mindset.
Data Worksheets
There’s no age bar to learn data science! Here are some downloadable worksheets to help think about data and ... View More
Education Applications
Our education applications are Shiny web applications used to improve the workflow of educators and students alike.
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Visualizing X-ray Scans of COVID-19 Positive Patients
The ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency has increased the urgency of data analysis and predictive analytics in helping to effectively combat the spread of the virus, and target regions of the world that are or will be most in need. At OAITI, we like so many others have been collecting ... Read More
NLP using word2vec for Donor Matching
In our previous post, we noted how 1 and 2 grams from a query mission can be matched to donor mission statements to find an appropriate donor organization. We performed some text cleaning and used tf-idf as a metric for weighting the more important words. The final results showed some ... Read More
Using NLP to find the perfect donor match – 1
One of the difficulties of starting a non-profit is finding donors and funding agencies. We've seen first hand the challenges involved! With so many different foundations with a wide variety of mission statements, how do we find one that is most closely aligned with our goals? ... Read More
Speeding up Leaflet-based Shiny Apps with Polygon Simplification
Optimizing the performance of Shiny applications has a number of sub-topics that deserve attention. One particular class of applications that we've observed significant performance issues are those that involve the use of interactive maps with polygons overlaid from shapefiles. An example of this type of application can be seen in ... Read More
Reported Bullying Incidents in Iowa School Districts
One of our fundamental goals of OAITI is to empower organizations, communities, and even individuals to collect and analyze their data ... Read More
