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visualizing hierarchies in R

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Here are a couple ways of exploring hierarchical (nested) data in R. This dataset consisted of taxonomic (order, family, genus, species) data for dragonflies...

recent climate change

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This graphic was inspired by a lovely post showing recent rises in climate change-induced drought by region. I downloaded daily maximum temperature and p...

network analysis: MLB

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Here, I explore basic components of social networks using Sean Lahman’s MLB dataset. The infographic displays centrality of teams based on relationships ...

US population maps

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I visualized county percentages of state populations using data from the R package tidycensus. Mapping the percentages nation-wide revealed states with l...

2021 march madness

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While watching March Madness this year, I felt there seemed to be a ton of upsets. So I used a 1985-2016 NCAA March Madness dataset and filled in data from ...