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Author Archives: canoemoore
Urban canoeing: Cedar Lake to Minnehaha Falls and back
Chris Desjardins and I took another urban canoe trip yesterday. We originally planned to pick up where we left off last time, at Hidden Falls in Saint Paul, but we chose a different route to take advantage of recent rains … Continue reading
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Structural equation modeling for theory-driven evaluation
Just to show that I’m not the biggest slacker-blogger on the Web, I want to direct you to my guest-post on AEA365: A tip-a-day by and for evaluators. I chose my “tip” because I think structural equation modeling (SEM) and … Continue reading
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Regression discontinuity gallery: Spatiotemporal piecewise regression
I think I have settled on a dissertation topic: spatiotemporal piecewise regression evaluation. Spatiotemporal piecewise regression (SPR) refers to the analysis of longitudinal data from a spatial regression discontinuity (SRD) design with multiple pre-test observations. SRD offers a way to … Continue reading
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Compressing KML files with R
Compressing Google Earth files with is not well documented on the Web, so I thought I should share my approach. I am working on my presentation for the upcoming Minnesota Assessment Conference. I will be presenting geographic maps of 2010 … Continue reading
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Florida paddling excursions
Amy and I had a wonderful time vacationing in Florida with my family. We visited Cedar Key along Florida’s hidden coast and stayed the rest of the time in Redington Beach. The BP oil spill had not yet reached the … Continue reading
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