[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

Thank you for all of the help. Works beautifully now.

Traci

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

That did it! I changed the suffix and everything worked as hoped. My one last question is whether there is a way to get rid of the yellow highlighting?  I added my original table to the table with the boundary info, so now most of the columns are highlighted because they refer back to the original table (which is now hidden). I do see that one of our other DataExplorer tables has just the boundary data column high lighted. Would I need to merge them in the opposite direction if I wanted to minimize the yellow highlighting (just the boundary data). If I merged going in the opposite direction (to minimize the yellow highlighting), would that increase my chance of having issues with the mapping feature?

Traci

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

When I try to import the file with the boundary data into the document I am working on, I get this message: “Close current document without saving?”. When I bring in the new file CODAP closes what I was working on and starts fresh. There is clearly a step I am missing.

Traci

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

I’ve been noticing that the data in the Human Development sample data set has some zero values for “population in millions” for some of the smallest nations (this is the case for 6 of the nations). I wanted to go back and fill in population data out to 2 decimal points of precision for this attribute. However, as I began looking up population totals for countries in 2015, I started finding values inconsistent with the UN data. I went back to the UN report and it looks like the population totals are from 2014 and expressed in millions out to one decimal point of precision: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2015_human_development_report.pdf   So I looked for sources of data on total population for 2014 expressed to a higher level of precision for each nation. When I did this I still found inconsistencies with the UN data. So I thought I’d flag this for others in case it comes up in their work. If anyone has the total population data used in the 2015 UN Report but expressed to a greater level of precision so that the smallest nations don’t show up as zeros, I’d be interested in getting my hands on it!

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

I’m not sure–but here is my thinking–the question of aligning the dots vertically or horizontally would be confusing for kids with limited experience (it may be confusing to more experienced people as well–although they might be more apt to try both and figure out what works best). However, if a heuristically driven approach to aligning the dots was set as the default, but there was also a button that could be used to override it, that would probably be ideal.  Then again, I don’t know what work that would involve and it may be that for the vast majority of situations there is a heuristic that would work without needing a way to over-ride it. To be honest, I have never thought about this before!

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

I sent an email with the screen shot. Basically I had a categorical attribute with two values (Sex) and a categorical attribute with many values (Part of the Body Injured) and when we create a graph it is much easier to read if we start by putting Sex on the Y axis. If you start by putting it on the Y axis the alignment of the dots showing the cases makes it hard to visually inspect. This is true even if you flip the attributes after the graph was created so that Sex is shown on the Y axis.

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

Yay!

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

One other quick question, I was wondering when you are expecting the next release will be out.

 

Thanks!

Traci

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

Thanks Bill,

We are using a UN Dataset to look at equity in education and health with middle schoolers. We put in the boundaries so the kids can map the UN countries, but there are about 20 or so that have no boundary values in the current index. Those tend to be countries with some level of disputed autonomy or that are really small.  Most of the countries do map, but it would be great to have all of them map, and we wanted to know why some don’t have boundaries in case the kids ask. Thanks for your helpful reply. We are looking forward to the next release!

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

Also I was wondering why some countries in the index of countries do not have boundary values. In this case, I’m asking for my own understanding.

 

Thanks!

Traci

[traci_higgins@terc.edu]

Hi Bill,

I created the boundary attribute following the very easy directions above (thanks!). And I used the embedded link to get to the index and fix any names that were not matching the index.   However, some countries in the index have no data under the boundary index. How do we get what we need so that we can get those mapped too?  Some examples are Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Barbados, Saint Lucia, etc. If the name is listed in the index but there is no value in the boundary column what should we do?

Thanks!

Traci

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