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ERIC Number: EJ1403898
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 32
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0018-1498
EISSN: EISSN-1534-5157
Towards Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Heatmaps as Visual Data Analysis of Entire Student Cohort Longitudinal Trajectories and Outcomes from Grade 9 through College
Bowers, Alex J.; Zhao, Yihan; Ho, Eric
High School Journal, v106 n1 p5-36 2022
Research on data use and school Early Warning Systems (EWS) notes a central practice of researchers and practitioners is to search for patterns in student data to predict outcomes so schools can support success when students experience challenges. Yet, the domain lacks a means to visualize the rich longitudinal data that schools collect. Here, we use visual data analytic hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) heatmaps to pattern and visualize entire longitudinal grading histories of a national sample of n=14,290 students from grade 9 to college in every enrolled subject and year, visualizing 6,728,920 individual datapoints. We provide both the open access code in R and an open-access online tool allowing anyone to upload their data and create a HCA heatmap, providing support for visual data analytic and data science practice for both education researchers and schooling organizations.
University of North Carolina Press. 116 South Boundary Street, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288. Tel: 800-848-6224; Tel: 919-966-7449; Fax: 919-962-2704; e-mail: uncpress@unc.edu; Web site: https://ed.unc.edu/high-school-journal/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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