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Excel Power Query Saves Time
In Microsoft Excel, you’ve probably seen Power Pivot and Data Model, but have you discovered Power Query? Power Query is a tool introduced in 2013, which is available to all users who have Excel 2016 or later and/o...Read Moreabout: Excel Power Query Saves Time -
Colleague News
Kelli Armstrong is now President of Salve Regina University. Jayne Perkins Brown, Julie Carpenter-Hubin, and Robert Zhang are now AIR emeritus members. Daisy Grewal is now a Senior Research Scientist...Read Moreabout: Colleague News -
Creating Quick, Easy, and Cheap Video Tutorials for Data Consumers
Eight years ago, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) launched on online system of annual reporting and analytics for our member graduate schools and programs. Members were eager to stop repor...Read Moreabout: Creating Quick, Easy, and Cheap Video Tutorials for Data Consumers -
Grades Analysis Dashboard: Grades Inflation - Hype or Reality?
Founded in 1919, AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social, and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty...Read Moreabout: Grades Analysis Dashboard: Grades Inflation - Hype or Reality? -
From Data Providers to Data Storytellers
Dear Erin: With the changing role of IR, how do we as IR professionals move from data providers to data storytellers? I think the thing to keep in mind is that the role of IR is not necessarily changing, but rather it&rs...Read Moreabout: From Data Providers to Data Storytellers
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