Having spent over a year out of college…..and since my last 4 posts have been about sports….. I thought it would be interesting to switch things up and do a post about colleges! For this post, I used statistics from the US Department of Education and decided to do some research undergraduate admission statistics for...Read More
With the NBA Playoffs coming to a halt and the NBA draft right around the corner I thought it would be a very cool idea to try and devise a way to predict whether or not a player will have a successful career based on his first two years in the league. More specifically, I...Read More
With baseball season already a month in I thought it would be appropriate to throw a baseball post in the mix (Get it….Throw?). For this analysis I am going to explore the shift in the balance of power between pitchers and the batters. I got this idea from playing MLB The Show 2015 (PS4 Video...Read More
Let me start by saying that last night (4/13/2016) was the most memorable night of regular season NBA basketball I’ve ever witnessed. Usually the last night of the regular season is typically fraught with some form of playoff drama, but last night was different. Headlines were centered around the Golden State Warriors facing the Memphis Grizzlies and...Read More
Baseball is finally back! The New York Yankees opened their season on Tuesday (thanks to the Monday rain out) against the Houston Astros. Carlos Correa stole the show for the Astros as he had 2 stolen bases, a homer, and a controversial dribbler to first base that sealed the W for the Astros. While re-watching the highlights...Read More
There has been a lot of talk lately about how the NBA these days is “soft.” Former players have commented on the idea that in today’s game players quickly look to the referee to blow their whistle, rather than play through physical contact. Players often claim that “back in the day” the league was much tougher and...Read More
Like the header of my blog says, I am back at it again with the data analysis! (Click here for my last blog installment). For this installment I thought it would be interesting to use the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS) data for some career-planning answers. If you are not familiar with ACS, it is...Read More
If you are an avid Bachelor Fan you probably have a lot to say regarding the dates, the people, even the show itself. Many people take to the Twitter airways to express their comments and feelings throughout the show. Knowing this, I thought it would be fun to scrape tweets, score them, and track the positive...Read More
