Ken ChervenState of the Union Text AnalysisThe State of the Union, or its equivalent initial speech from a US president to Congress, is likely to provide ideas about where that…Apr 10, 2017Apr 10, 2017
Ken ChervenDNC Bernie Sanders Email NetworkWikileaks has provided people like myself with an abundance of material to download, analyze, visualize, and ultimately to share insights…Nov 16, 2016Nov 16, 2016
Ken ChervenAnalyzing CEPA Data with ExploratoryA couple months back, I wrote about investigating CEPA academic achievement data (provided through the CEPA project at Stanford University…Oct 27, 20161Oct 27, 20161
Ken ChervenMajor League Baseball Trade Networks, Part 2Welcome to Part 2 in our miniseries on building baseball (MLB) trade networks with Gephi. In the first post, the focus was on procuring and…Oct 8, 2016Oct 8, 2016
Ken ChervenMajor League Baseball Trade Networks, Part 1One topic that has long fascinated me as network graph material is trade data between major league baseball (MLB) teams. I have previously…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016
Ken ChervenOne of the great events of the summer in Detroit is the annual Detroit Jazz Festival, an epic event…For 2016, the festival plays host to the likes of the legendary bassist Ron Carter, Brad Mehldau, John Scofield, Randy Weston, Billy…Aug 28, 2016Aug 28, 2016
Ken ChervenA Network Graph of MLB All-StarsWith the Major League Baseball All-Star game this week, I was suddenly possessed by an urge to create a network graph of all the players…Jul 11, 2016Jul 11, 2016
Ken ChervenPolice Killings: A Fact-Based AnalysisIn the wake of another unnecessary death of a black man at the hands of a white cop, and the equally gutless killings carried out by…Jul 8, 2016Jul 8, 2016
Ken ChervenBaseball Grafika Book: Excel DashboardsBaseball stats are ideally suited for display using a wide variety of charts, network graphs, and other visualization approaches. This is…Feb 27, 2016Feb 27, 2016
Ken ChervenCandidate Contribution PatternsAs the 2016 election season trudges inexorably toward a November climax, it might be instructive to learn more about all of the candidates…Feb 14, 2016Feb 14, 2016