Category Archives: Data Visualization

Text Mining Blog Keywords In Rapidminer and Google Analytics

So I finally got around to downloading some keyword data from Google Analytics for the time period of 2/17/11 through 3/17/11 just to see what’s driving my site traffic.  I did a simple text mining process in Rapidminer to build my keyword … Continue reading

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Slick Stock Charts in R

I’m picking up R really fast!  I made these simple charts in like 10 minutes!  Of course my code could be better, but its a start for yours truly.   Now if only I can get R to work with … Continue reading

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Text Mining Annual Reports

I’m playing around with Rapidminer’s powerful text mining tools to dig through annual reports this evening and I’m making progress.  Rapidminer can text mine all sorts of formats but the operators are still a bit tough to use if you … Continue reading

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$3.9 Trillion In Stealth Stimulus

Via CNN. I love the "stealth stimulus" term which is probably code for bank bonuses.    .

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

This week’s data visualization post is actually a very well made video about the Credit Crisis by Jonathan Jarvis. I learned a few things from this video myself and its a fantastic way to see how we got into this … Continue reading

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Real Estate Not So Hot in Phoenix

This is truly a frightening chart and I suspect that real estate prices could go even lower in Arizona, and the rest of the country, if people continue to get laid off. This would confirm my observation from earlier this year about real estate and equity prices having further to fall. Continue reading

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OECD Factbook eXplorer

You can easily find data about fertility, employment, and inflation rates for different countries, all with the click of a mouse, and display them on a colorized map. Continue reading

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