The internet is rich with data, and much of that data seems to exist only on web pages, which — for some crazy reason — are designed for humans to read. When students/researchers want to apply data science techniques to analyze collect and analyze that data, they often turn to […]
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Since Trump because the US president, many people have noticed that he posts a lot of tweets. While some people choose to analyze and critique the content of those tweets, I was more curious about something a little less controversial – the timing and quantity. Follow along as I dig into […]
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Whether or not to legalize marijuana is a hotly debated topic these days. And no matter which side of the debate you’re on, I think you will be interested in seeing several ways to visualize which states have legalized marijuana, and when … Their Version Here’s the original graph that […]
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SAS Viya is an exciting addition to the SAS Platform, allowing you to conduct analysis faster than ever before and providing you the flexibility to utilize open source technologies and generate insights from data in any computing environment. The blog …
The most highly anticipated business announcement this fall is probably the location for Amazon’s second headquarters (dubbed HQ2). Amazon plans to spend $5 billion on their HQ2, and employ about 50,000 people in high-tech jobs. They received 238 proposals before their October 19 deadline, but haven’t announced a winner yet. […]
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If you’re preparing a big Thanksgiving dinner, then you don’t want to leave out the most popular side dish, do you?!? But what is the most popular side dish? … If you don’t already know, then perhaps some data & analytics can help! But before we get started, here’s a […]
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Social media has brought anniversary dates to the forefront. Every day, my view of Google Photos or Facebook shows me a collection of photos from exactly some number of years ago to remind me of how good things were back then. These apps are performing the simplest of date-based math […]
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Here in the US, we’re preparing to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Therefore this Thursday most families in the US will be having a big turkey dinner. Although I’m a bachelor guy and eat out all the time, I’m actually a pretty good cook – and I’d …