Category Archives: ggplot2
Slides from Rocky Mtn SABR Meeting
Last Saturday I had the good fortune to present a talk on finding, gathering, and analyzing some sports-related data on the web at the local SABR group meeting. In case you’re not familiar with the “SABR” acronym, it stands for … Continue reading
Filed under Data Mining, Data Science, ggplot2, R, Scraping Data, Sports
Google Trends, R, and the NFL
A week or so ago I saw a tweet related how the NFL lockout was affecting the search traffic for “fantasy football” on Google (using Google Trends). Basically, the search traffic (properly normalized on Google Trends) was down prior to … Continue reading
A Rule Change in Major League Soccer?
I have to admit that working with my Major League Soccer data set has been slow going. There are a few reasons: (1) I have a full-time job at the National Renewable Energy Lab and (2) the data isn’t quite … Continue reading
Goals per Game in MLS
I promised something related to Major League Soccer and here it is. Caveat: It’s not much. Why so sparse? (1) The data is a bit messy due to teams folding, expansion, name changes, etc. (2) I was backpacking all weekend … Continue reading
Are MLB Games Getting Longer?
On July 29, 2010, I had a flight from Denver to Cincinnati. About an hour before boarding, I went to ESPN’s website and found a new article by Bill Simmons, a.k.a The Sports Guy (@sportsguy33 on Twitter). The basic premise … Continue reading
Filed under Basic Statistics, ggplot2, R, Sports
