When learning to analyze text this is a great time to be alive. The bloviator-in-chief currently occupying the Oval Office provides a cornucopia of text via Twitter to use for learning purposes. Even better for analysts, the folks over at the Trump Twitter Archive have made it very easy to grab a .csv of tweets … Continue reading Text Analytics
Category: Data Visualization
NCAA Bball Update #3
Alright, it's time to really take this NCAA graphic to a new level. I don't know about all of you, but I'm most interested in winning the NCAA tournament pool at work. I came in third last year and it came down to the championship game for me. And while you could have zoomed in … Continue reading NCAA Bball Update #3
NCAA KenPom Efficiency Rankings Updated
I've updated my chart with the latest KenPom rankings AND I've now added the past NCAA Champions (2002-2018) as diamonds on the chart. It really stands out now that past champions have always had an efficiency margin of greater than 20 - or to the right of the green line. In fact, of the 17 … Continue reading NCAA KenPom Efficiency Rankings Updated
Even more NCAA Hoops Fun
In addition to the ncaahoopR package in R, I had also been working on building a plot using Ken Pomeroy's efficiency ratings. And voila! Here it is. Unfortunately, WordPress doesn't support the embedded interactive graphic. But if you visit my site on Plotly you'll get the full experience. What I've Done I've written an R … Continue reading Even more NCAA Hoops Fun