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Tyler Clark, EdD

@tylerclark12.bsky.social

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Assistant Director at The Center for Gifted Studies | Executive Administrator of World Council for Gifted and Talented Children | Interested in serving and researching gifted students | Dabble in AI and #rstats | Data 🤓

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · Nov 16

And here is the link: go.bsky.app/5EKasL6

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 1d

Any recommendations??

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 5d

Totally get that! Wish we had stricter privacy laws in the US!

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll check this when I can! Thanks!

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 5d

What do I not know about Dropbox??

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 5d

We can’t share from our OneDrive to external users without explicitly getting them whitelisted at their professional domain… that’s the only reason I’m still using Dropbox.

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 7d

WHOA I just discovered the kbd shortcode in #QuartoPub, which automatically creates an OS-specific element, You can specify different OSes and it'll show them in an HTML title element, or expand them in print formats - documentation here: quarto.org/docs/authori...

---
title: "Magical `kbd` shortcode"
format:
html: default
typst: default
---

Press {{< kbd mac=Command-Shift-K win=Ctrl-Shift-K linux=Ctrl-Shift-K >}} to render the document; use {{< kbd mac=Command-Shift-P win=Ctrl-Shift-P linux=Ctrl-Shift-P >}} to open the Command Palette in Positron

Magical kbd shortcode
Press ⌘⇧K to render the document; use ⌘⇧P to open the Command Palette in Positron (with a title element showing all the other OS-specific shortcuts)

Typst PDF with
Magical kbd shortcode
Press Command-Shift-K (mac), Ctrl-Shift-K (linux), Ctrl-Shift-K (windows) to render the document; use Command-Shift-P (mac), Ctrl-Shift-P (linux), Ctrl-Shift-P (windows) to open the Command Palette in Positron

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 8d

It seems to not work:
Error:
! Function selectFile not found in RStudio
Hide Traceback
▆
1. └─rstudioapi::selectFile(...)
2. └─rstudioapi::callFun(...)

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 9d

#rstats friends, do you know if there is a comparable command in Positron for selectFile() that works in RStudio?

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for sharing this!

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 9d

Looks super cool! I’ll have to check this out soon!

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 10d

Not particularly but Bayesian methods have kept coming up as I’ve used ChatGPT to explore ideas. Looking to better understand the techniques.

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 10d

Will this workshop be solely related to economics or can the methods be applied to other fields (e.g., education)?

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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 11d

I got introduced to @randyau.com's 'Data Cleaning IS Analysis, Not Grunt Work' post during the #dataBS Conf this week: www.counting-stuff.com/data-cleanin... . I just finished--it was a great read.

Here are some quotes and thoughts I'm walking away with 👇

1/9 #RStats

Data Cleaning IS Analysis, Not Grunt Work

Also, most data cleaning articles suck

www.counting-stuff.com

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

I’m currently looking at using student score information to build individual and group reports. This is what I’ve thought about using targets specifically.

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks! It seems to make a lot of sense theoretically but I’ve not quite taken the time to figure it out. I’ve been hopping around on various projects and need to slow down and focus on trying this out with some of my reporting workflows I’m doing. — also interested in looking into pointblank

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

If you take a look into it, let me know what you think! I started my first real steps into it yesterday.

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

🤞

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

Not exactly related, but do you use the targets package for your package or other work? I’m starting to dabble with it.

Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

I’d love to see this when you’re finished!

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 11d

I think it depends on the audience/goals of the course. I remember taking a course that went through similar algorithms & I hated it. I also didn’t really have proper context of where the algorithms were useful & how, though. I now wish I had that context to appreciate the course better at the time.

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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 12d

Here's a little #rstats script I wrote to automate creating Google docs for my students for an assignment. The idea is that the history in the Google doc will help secure the integrity of the assignment by discouraging gen AI use.

#academicsky

Link:

gist.github.com/saudiwin/986...

Automate the creation of google documents for class

Automate the creation of google documents for class - auto_google_docs.R

gist.github.com

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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 16d

🚀 Curious about Positron, Posit’s new open-source IDE?

This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC)

#RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies

Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT

www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...

Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Curious about Positron, the new open-source data science IDE from Posit? This session will walk RStudio users through the basics of Positron, highlight familiar features, a

www.meetup.com

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 16d

It is something I’m working on for work. I’ll share but want to make sure sure everything is right with my code and such first.

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 17d

I’m looking at some demographic data of AP computer science participation by gender and FRL status in KY. And wow oh wow! The gaps are HUGE!

#rstats #advancedplacement #gifted #gtchat

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Tyler Clark, EdD @tylerclark12.bsky.social · 17d

Yes - meaning uneven time intervals. I don’t have a need to use this right now but your post made me think of time scales (e.g., www.math.unl.edu/~apeterson1/...) and how they might be used in this type of work.