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Description
Polish secondary school graduates tracking system has been providing data on further educational and professional careers of Polish youth annually since 2021. Moreover, the ways of disseminating these results are constantly being developed: from static, general reports to interactive dashboards that are designed to serve the needs of specific groups of stakeholders. In our presentation we will describe the various ways we use R at the Educational Research Institute in order to integrate, transform, summarize and visualize graduate data for the Ministry of Education, local authorities, school principals and the general public. We want to show how R in our system interplays with other technologies: relational databases, MS Office, SAS Viya and Posit Quarto. Moreover, we want to discuss the challenges of creating complex software solutions by a team composed almost exclusively of social scientists with very limited IT support. But also, we want to show that such difficulties can be effectively overcome, leading to the successful implementation of open, transparent solutions that serve the needs of public administration and society.
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| Keywords: Please list up to 5 keywords to help us find the right session for your contribution. | administrative data, graduate tracking, R as a glue language, R in production, dashboards |
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| Virtual Option | This submission is for onsite presentation primarily, but I would also like it to be considered for pre-recorded virtual presentation if I don't get an onsite slot |
| Video Recording | Video sharing is fine |
| The author(s) agree(s) to take responsibility and be accountable for the contents of the submission and is/are authorized to present it. | Confirm |
| Interested in serving as reviewer? | tomek@zozlak.org |