J BeightolVisualizing BooksOne of the worst feelings I’ve encountered is the feeling that information is constantly seeping out of my brain. As someone who loves…Feb 24, 2017Feb 24, 2017
J BeightolDebunking KagglersIf you haven’t visited kaggle.com yet, you should. The site does a fantastic job hosting data science competitions and posting data sets…Feb 22, 2017Feb 22, 2017
J BeightolWhat Makes a Good Tweet Good?The metric of a successful tweet can be hard to define. People send out 140 character or less missives for a variety of reasons, and you…Feb 10, 2017Feb 10, 2017
J BeightolFederer + NadalWatching Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal play in a grand slam final was a rare and unexpected treat for Tennis fans. While the Aussie open…Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
J BeightolWarren vs. MayWe’ve recently learned to use twitter to scrape and analyze text data, as well as a library named TextBlob which we can use to perform…Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
J BeightolBasics of Web Data AccumulationOne of the most powerful things we can do as data scientists is go out and build our own data bases from the richness of the internet. “Web…Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
J BeightolVisualizing Grand Slam FinalsTableau is a unique and powerful tool for data visualization. Thanks to the work of Jeff Slackman, I’ve been able to go back and pull stats…Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
J BeightolSupport Vector MachinesOne type of model that can be very useful when dealing with Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the support vector machine.Jan 3, 2017Jan 3, 2017
J BeightolVisualizing Crime in San FranciscoOne of the most important steps in the data science workflow is to perform exploratory data analysis or EDA. While performing EDA it’s…Jan 2, 2017Jan 2, 2017
J BeightolDon’t Tell Ovi You Miss 100% of the Shots You Don’t TakeWhile Alexander Ovechkin has received numerous individual accolades since entering the NHL as potential Russian superstar, he has failed to…Dec 8, 2016Dec 8, 2016