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Driving Fatalities in US

The data is from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). You can download the data from their website and clean it for this analysis using the following script.

Passing Along the Cranberry Sauce (Pure Python vs Numpy vs Numba)

Speeding up your program by over 40x with little cost

Exploring Changes in Preferences in Beer Across the US

The reign of light beers is ending and at least judges are more likely to award medals to Wild/Sour beers, IPAs, and Specialty Beers.

Visualizing US Continental growth from 1783 - today

With animations as well!

Washington DC, the 51th state?

538’s the Riddler Classic, but this time with DC’s potential statehood in mind.

Markov Streets

This week, I will solve 538’s riddler express about driving randomly throughout the city using two methods: math, and simulation study.

How out-of-the-box sampling can fail and how to fix it

The issue with out-of-the-box sampling methods and how a bit of theory can protect from biased sampling.