May 3, 2018 - 15 minute read - Comments - bot api social media

Create a Twitter bot for your local animal shelter using rtweet

Create a Twitter bot that tweets descriptions of adoptable pets at your local animal shelter

Mar 23, 2018 - 8 minute read - Comments - dashboards dataviz sports-analysis

A Baseball Dashboard in Time for Opening Weekend (part three)

In part one, we collected the data and performed a little EDA. In part two, we did some calculations and prepared the data to be visualized. Now, we get to see the fruits of our labor.

Mar 21, 2018 - 9 minute read - Comments - sports-analysis

A Baseball Dashboard in Time for Opening Weekend (part two)

In part one, we got the player WAR values, primary positions, and determined the tenure qualification. In part two, we'll perform the JAWS calculations and create dataframes that will be needed for our dashboard.

Mar 9, 2018 - 12 minute read - Comments - eda scraping sports-analysis

A Baseball Dashboard in Time for Opening Weekend (part one)

Build a shinydashboard that features an adapted JAWS statistic for evaluating nominees and members of a MLB franchise's Hall of Fame

Mar 2, 2018 - 4 minute read - Comments - dataviz dashboards sports-analysis

JAWS-4 Dashboard User Guide

Introduction The purpose of this dashboard is to provide tools to evaluate nominees for the Reds Hall of Fame. Its primary feature is the JAWS-4 statistic. JAWS-4 is a version of Jay Jaffe’s JAWS statistic that’s been modified to apply to a franchise’s Hall of Fame. The JAWS statistic is meant to be a starting point in the discussion of a nominee’s creditials for the Hall of Fame. Jaffe provides a thorough explanation here.