Publications by Sharp Sight
How to highlight countries on a map
Last week, we created a map of world oil production, by country. This week, I’ll show you how to make a slight modification. I’ll show you how to highlight specific countries according to a variable in your data frame. In this code, we will re-use our data from the last tutorial. You can find the code to create the data there. Before we do ...
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The first step to becoming a top performing data scientist
photo by https://unsplash.com/@joshuaearle Nearly every day, I see a new article talking about the benefits of data: “data will change the world” … “data is transforming business” … “data is the new oil.” Setting aside the hyperbolic language, most of this is true. So when you hear that “data scientist is the sexiest job of th...
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The first step to becoming a top performing data scientist
photo by https://unsplash.com/@joshuaearle Nearly every day, I see a new article talking about the benefits of data: “data will change the world” … “data is transforming business” … “data is the new oil.” Setting aside the hyperbolic language, most of this is true. So when you hear that “data scientist is the sexiest job of th...
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Plotting US Metro Area GDP with ggplot
It’s clear that there are some economic shifts happening in the world, if not the US itself. In light of this, I decided to do some simple investigation into the economic performance of US cities. This is, by the way, one of the critical reasons to master data science. One you know a few critical skills, you will be able to very rapidly get so...
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Plotting US Metro Area GDP with ggplot
It’s clear that there are some economic shifts happening in the world, if not the US itself. In light of this, I decided to do some simple investigation into the economic performance of US cities. This is, by the way, one of the critical reasons to master data science. One you know a few critical skills, you will be able to very rapidly get so...
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How to map public debt data with ggplot2
You’ve heard me say it a thousand times: to master data science, you need to practice. You need to “practice small” by practicing individual techniques and functions. But you also need to “practice big” by working on larger projects. To get some practice, my recommendation is to find reasonably sized datasets online and plot them. W...
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How to map public debt data with ggplot2
You’ve heard me say it a thousand times: to master data science, you need to practice. You need to “practice small” by practicing individual techniques and functions. But you also need to “practice big” by working on larger projects. To get some practice, my recommendation is to find reasonably sized datasets online and plot them. W...
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Why you should master the small multiple chart
I’ve often said that the foundation of data science is data analysis. That’s not to say that data analysis and data science are 100% synonymous (they’re not), but rather that you need to master the basic tools of data analysis before you can get into the more advanced skills that make up data science. Said more simply: if you want too be a ...
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Why you should master the small multiple chart
I’ve often said that the foundation of data science is data analysis. That’s not to say that data analysis and data science are 100% synonymous (they’re not), but rather that you need to master the basic tools of data analysis before you can get into the more advanced skills that make up data science. Said more simply: if you want too be a ...
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Mapping the best states for business
Data science gives you tools to find opportunities A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about Amazon’s search for a location for a second headquarters. For those of you who don’t know about it, the technology giant – which currently has its headquarters in Seattle Washington – announced last September that it is planning to build a new ...
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