Targets and other tools to make college comparison website

UseCases
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rOpenSci package or resource used

The {targets} R package user manual for the targets and tarchetypes packages

What did you do?

I made a 13,424 page website, https://collegetables.info/, to compare US colleges; it tracks things like graduation rates and finances over time, as well as distributions of degrees by fields. It was featured in the New York Times (gift link).

URL or code snippet for your use case*

https://brianomeara.info/posts/collegetables/

Image

Teaching
Screen shot of a table from one page showing how teaching resources at a university have changed through time.1520×966 138 KB

Sector

academic

Field(s) of application

Selecting colleges for enrollment or employment, comparison of institutions, comparison of fields

Comments

I’m still not fully satisfied with how the tabs for the index page table works. I’m sure there’s lots of improvements to make, too.

Mastodon handle

@omearabrian@mastodon.social

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At a first glance, this is an impressive assembly of information.

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