How to Scrape Data From Facebook Page Posts for Statistical Analysis

It is pretty easy to scrape Facebook Posts data and make into a spreadsheet for easy analysis, although there are a large number of gotchas.

July 20, 2015 · 7 min

Analyzing the Patterns of Numbers in 10 Million Passwords

There are many patterns for numbers in passwords, which involve surprising yet intuitive logic.

February 24, 2015 · 5 min

An Introduction on How to Make Beautiful Charts With R and ggplot2

Adding a touch of color and design can help make more compelling visualizations, thanks to ggplot2 syntax and chaining capabilities.

February 12, 2015 · 8 min

Quantifying the Clickbait and Linkbait in BuzzFeed Article Titles

You probably do not know that the 3 most interesting things I found will blow your mind.

January 15, 2015 · 6 min

Locating All the Christmas Trees on Instagram

I downloaded hundreds of thousands of #tree images and found 25,432 images which were taken on Christmas, have a #tree, and, most importantly, contain location data where the photo was taken.

January 1, 2015 · 5 min