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Telling Stories with Data

Excel Tools

When you want to create routine analytics, Excel tools can be a cost effective way to solve your data problems.

Data Science Toolkit: Web Scraping with R

Web Scraping is a must-have tool for every data scientist. In this post, we walk through the basics to get you up and running with web scraping in R.

Advanced Data Visualization with R and ggplot2: Recreating the New York Times COVID Tracker

The New York Times often produces excellent data visualizations. In the post we explore how to recreate their COVID tracker with R and ggplot2.

6 Data Visualization Fundamentals Every Data Scientist Needs to Know

Data visualization is a must for all data scientist to clearly and concisely communicate insight to busy leaders. In this post we explore 6 data visualization fundamentals every data scientist should know.

Collecting Historical Weather Data

A brief introduction to collecting weather data.