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Austin Open Data: Outcomes

October 18, 2016October 19, 2016hound manor3 Comments

In this post we look at descriptive statistics for cat and dog outcomes at the Austin Animal Center.

Austin & Sacramento Open Data #4: Live-Release Rate

September 15, 2016October 14, 2016hound manorLeave a comment

In this final post in the Austin-Sacramento comparison series, we’ll look at live-release rate and basic outcome types at both animal shelters.

Austin & Sacramento Open Data #3: Intake

June 28, 2016August 19, 2016hound manorLeave a comment

In this third post in our series, we use R and open data to calculate and visualize a few basic numbers about intake at the Austin and Sacramento city shelters.

Austin & Sacramento Open Data #2: Data Wrangling

June 14, 2016July 23, 2016hound manorLeave a comment

Continuing our look into the animal shelter open data for the city shelters in Austin and Sacramento, we see how to wrangle the data so that it can be analyzed using R, the popular software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

Austin & Sacramento Open Data #1: Introduction

February 15, 2016July 23, 2016hound manorLeave a comment

This post is the first in a series that will consider open animal shelter data and the ways in which it can be used. We will look closely at two case studies: the still-evolving open data of the city shelters in Austin, Texas and in Sacramento, California.

Unraveling Life-Saving Rates

January 16, 2016July 23, 2016hound manorLeave a comment

A life-saving rate is often used to report the life-saving performance of an animal shelter. In this post we will look at and contrast four widely used rates.

A Bit About the CPRA

November 13, 2015September 5, 2016hound manorLeave a comment

In California, municipal animal shelters are expected to conduct their business in the open so that the public can hold them accountable for their actions. The California Public Records Act (CPRA) is one tool that advocates can use to monitor the behavior of their regional animal shelters.