Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 2, 2018 8

Can felons vote in your state?

Can felons vote? This seemed like a simple question, but I realized that I wasn't 100% sure of the answer. Therefore I looked into the data ... and apparently "it depends". Follow along and see how I created a map to help answer this question. But before we take the

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Government

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 30, 2018 5

Building a better flu map!

The flu seems to be especially potent this year. "How potent is it," you might ask? ... Well, let's plot some data on a map to help find out! Here in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiles data about diseases, and provides reports and graphs

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Health Care

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Robert AllisonJanuary 29, 2018 5

A better way to view flu data

Have you, or someone you know, gotten the flu this year? Word on the street is that this year's flu might be particularly bad, and the data seem to be corroborating that so far. You don't want to take my word for it? -- well then, let's have a look

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Health Care

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Robert AllisonJanuary 25, 2018 6

North Korea's 117 missile tests

Data doesn't always have to be 'big data' to be interesting. For example, I recently ran across a small, but very interesting, database containing all of North Korea's missile tests. The data was a bit difficult to digest in the formats provided, therefore I decided to try my hand at

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 22, 2018 6

Here are the Amazon HQ2 finalists!

Amazon recently announced the 20 finalists in their search for a location to house their new 2nd headquarters (nicknamed 'hq2'). They showed a map on their web page, but I wanted to create my own map, with a few improvements ... Here's their official map. It's not terrible, but it

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Retail

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Robert AllisonJanuary 19, 2018 4

Polishing up your Bitcoins!

With all the talk about Bitcoin in the news lately, I decided it was time I created a Bitcoin graph! Follow along as I track down the data, create a graph, and then polish up that graph to make it shine. But before we get started, here's a little example

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Banking

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 17, 2018 11

Shedding some light on the lottery!

Have you ever played the lottery? Have you ever heard people bragging about all the money they've won? Does it make you want to play? ... We've had an Education Lottery here in North Carolina for over 10 years, but I still didn't really know much about it - therefore I

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Banking | Education | Government | Retail | Sports & Entertainment

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Lora D. DelwicheJanuary 15, 2018 0

SAS Enterprise Guide tools for programmers

If you are a SAS programmer, you may wonder why you should read this. After all isn’t SAS Enterprise Guide just for folks who don’t want to be bothered writing SAS code? SAS Enterprise Guide is just point, click, and get results, right? Well there is a lot more to

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 9, 2018 8

Price of marijuana, across the US

As marijuana has become legal in several states, it's been a frequent topic of interest in the news. And as with any interesting topic, I like to find useful ways to visually analyze the data. In this case, let's have a look at the price of marijuana, and how it

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

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Robert AllisonJanuary 8, 2018 7

Which US states require an ID to vote?

The first time I voted (back in the 1980s), I was very surprised that I didn't have to show any kind of identification. I assumed it was because I lived in a small North Carolina town of 300 people where "everybody knew everybody" ... but they told me that nobody

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