Make a Census Explorer with Shiny!
Details
In this tutorial Ari Lamstein (http://www.arilamstein.com/) will teach you to make a Census Explorer using R, Shiny and Choroplethr. You can see the final app here (https://arilamstein.shinyapps.io/shiny-statistical-maps).
Shiny allows you to create web applications in R. This is a great fit for exploring census data.
The final app:
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shows two maps: state and county.
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lets you view eight different demographics.
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lets you view data from 2010-2013.
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lets you change the number of colors of the maps.
If you are planning to come, you might want to first sign up for the free email course Learn to Map Census Data in R (http://www.arilamstein.com/blog/2015/06/25/learn-to-map-census-data-in-r/). That course will walk you thru the library we will use for mapping and accessing the Census API. While not necessary for the class, knowing that material might make the tutorial easier for you.
Agenda:
6:00pm - 6:15pm: Networking
6:15pm: Setting up (install R packages, etc)
6:30pm: Tutorial starts
8:30pm: Wrap up
Pizza will be provided by Sharethrough (http://sharethrough.com/).
Here is the material: https://github.com/arilamstein/census-explorer-tutorial-2015-07
R-ladies events are targeted to people who identify as female.
