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Awesome Twitter Word Clouds in R
Jun 20

Jun 20 Awesome Twitter Word Clouds in R

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

Tap into Twitter data and create custom word clouds that will visualize the conversation in an impactful way. Analysis performed with R and the rtweet and wordcloud2 packages.

Data + Art STEAM Project: Initial Results
Jun 12

Jun 12 Data + Art STEAM Project: Initial Results

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

An introduction to the Data + Art STEAM project with Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School in Toronto!

Summertime Fun: R Graphs with LaCroixColoR, Magick Animations + More!
May 29

May 29 Summertime Fun: R Graphs with LaCroixColoR, Magick Animations + More!

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

A fun summertime blog creating LaCroix themed R graphs using LaCroixColoR & Magick animations

Building a Data Democracy
May 1

May 1 Building a Data Democracy

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Data and AI Leaders, For Learners and Educators

Data democracy has been a hot topic of late. But what does this really mean? Further, what do we actually need to DO to build a culture of data democracy?

Time Based Heatmaps in R
Apr 3

Apr 3 Time Based Heatmaps in R

Laura Grace Ellis
For Learners and Educators

A tutorial demonstrating how to create time based heatmaps in R.  Technologies include: R, Watson Studio and IBM Cloud.

Graphing My Feelings
Mar 16

Mar 16 Graphing My Feelings

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

Graphing my excitement for the IBM Think conference using R Studio hosted on IBM Cloud based Data Science Experience.  Graphical coordinates provided by the coordinator site.  

Happy International Women's Day!
Mar 8

Mar 8 Happy International Women's Day!

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

As a tribute to International Women's Day, I am doing a little analysis on some gender equality among EU countries using #rstats map features and RAWGraphs.io

R Package Install Troubleshooting
Feb 20

Feb 20 R Package Install Troubleshooting

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

A troubleshooting guide to installing R packages.  Covers base R upgrades, different repos, typo-proofing and more!

Data Storytelling Using Flourish Studio
Feb 11

Feb 11 Data Storytelling Using Flourish Studio

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

A tutorial blog reviewing the art of data storytelling and showing how to use Flourish, a platform for storytelling and visualisation

Data Day Texas 2018 in Review
Jan 29

Jan 29 Data Day Texas 2018 in Review

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Data and AI Leaders, For Learners and Educators
Data Science Graphs (without the code!)
Jan 23

Jan 23 Data Science Graphs (without the code!)

Laura Grace Ellis
2018, For Learners and Educators

A tutorial exploring RAW Graphs; a free tool enabling everyone to create high-end, data science style graphs without the code!

Analysis on Google's Best Apps of 2017 List
Dec 30

Dec 30 Analysis on Google's Best Apps of 2017 List

Laura Grace Ellis
2017, For Learners and Educators

A look at Google's "Best Apps of 2017" lists.  In this tutorial we use screen scraping and a wide variety of visualization techniques.  Technologies include: R, Data Science Experience and IBM Cloud.

Happy Holidays Data Lovers!
Dec 25

Dec 25 Happy Holidays Data Lovers!

Laura Grace Ellis
2017, For Learners and Educators

A fun holiday post exploring a new R visualization package called alluvial

Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 4
Dec 17

Dec 17 Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 4

Laura Grace Ellis
2017, For Learners and Educators

Part 4 of 4 in a tutorial showing how to perform end to end predictive analytics to solve your business problem.  The tutorial focuses on creating, selecting and implementing predictive models.  It uses R notebooks, Data Science Experience and IBM Cloud.

Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 3
Nov 27

Nov 27 Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 3

Laura Grace Ellis
2017

Part 3 of 4 in a tutorial showing how to perform end to end predictive analytics to solve your business problem.  The tutorial uses R notebooks, Data Science Experience and IBM Cloud.

Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 2
Nov 14

Nov 14 Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 2

Laura Grace Ellis
2017

Part 2 of 4 in a tutorial showing how to perform end to end predictive analytics to solve your business problem.  The tutorial uses R notebooks, Data Science Experience and IBM Cloud.

Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 1
Nov 2

Nov 2 Predictive Analytics Tutorial: Part 1

Laura Grace Ellis
2017, For Learners and Educators

Part 1 of 4 in a tutorial showing how to perform end to end predictive analytics to solve your business problem.  The tutorial uses R notebooks, Data Science Experience and IBM Cloud. 

Predictive Analytics Path to Mainstream Adoption
Oct 24

Oct 24 Predictive Analytics Path to Mainstream Adoption

Laura Grace Ellis
2017, For Data and AI Leaders, For Learners and Educators

As predictive analytics takes one step closer to mainstream adoption, we explore the concept in detail and break it down into actionable steps. 

NPS: Friend or Foe?
Sep 21

Sep 21 NPS: Friend or Foe?

Laura Grace Ellis
2017, For Data and AI Leaders

A blog exploring the promise vs reality of NPS, alternatives and how to use the metric responsibly.

Google Data Studio Allows Embedding!
Sep 7

Sep 7 Google Data Studio Allows Embedding!

Laura Grace Ellis
2017

Google Data Studio releases the long awaited feature of dashboard embedding.  A tutorial showing how to make use of the feature.

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