r

Data Visualization

Point-Density Plots - My New Favorite Dot Plot

Experimenting with a new way to plot points to get a view into overplotting.

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Importing Social Network Data into R

In my professional life, I manage and analyze data on a team that studies the social networks surrounding children with autism. The purpose of this post is not to discuss that work in depth, but rather to show how to quickly and easily import one type of data I work with into R.

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Data Collection

Getting RateBeer Data…Programmatically

I show how we can get more beers at once. After that, I'm going to show how we can use the API, `rvest`, and `purrr` to get beers from all the brewers around me.

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Data Collection

Accessing the RateBeer API with R Using httr

A few months ago, I was talking with a friend of mine about the idea for this blog and how I wanted to use data science to explore beer. He suggested that I use the blog as well as beer to learn something new about where I live. So I ask, what can beer teach me about Philadelphia?

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