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Where Does Your Team Rank in the Boxing Day League table?

Posted on December 26, 2016 By Rob 1 Comment on Where Does Your Team Rank in the Boxing Day League table?
Where Does Your Team Rank in the Boxing Day League table?
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Boxing Day is the most wonderful time of year for football fans. In Britain we have a traditional busy calendar of fixtures the day after Christmas. Television dictates that the matches no longer all kick off at 3pm on 26th December but this year we have 16 of the 20 Premier League clubs playing today. So … Read More “Where Does Your Team Rank in the Boxing Day League table?” »

How Will Barack Obama Go Down in the Rankings of US Presidents?

Posted on November 8, 2016 By Rob 1 Comment on How Will Barack Obama Go Down in the Rankings of US Presidents?
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Americans are voting today to choose their 45th president. Come January, Barack Obama will leave the White House after eight years as President of the United States. So how will he be remembered? Historians are already trying to place Obama in the rankings of US presidents. I took this list of 18 different surveys from Wikipedia. It … Read More “How Will Barack Obama Go Down in the Rankings of US Presidents?” »

Andy Murray’s Long Road to the Top

Posted on November 7, 2016 By Rob
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Andy Murray was crowned as the world number one in men’s tennis for the first time today. The two-time Wimbledon champion has long been out on his own as Britain’s best male tennis player and now he’s managed to overhaul Novak Djokovic at the summit of the game. It took Andy Murray a lot longer … Read More “Andy Murray’s Long Road to the Top” »

How Much Money Has My Young Person’s Railcard Saved Me?

Posted on November 6, 2016 By Rob
How Much Money Has My Young Person’s Railcard Saved Me?
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In a few months time I will be turning 27 years old. This means that my 16-25 railcard, commonly known in Britain as a Young Person’s Railcard, won’t be valid any more. But you’re 26? I bought my railcard a few days before my 26th birthday, which means I can keep using it until a couple … Read More “How Much Money Has My Young Person’s Railcard Saved Me?” »

Dodgy Road Signs, Traffic Lights and Markings: Part Two

Posted on November 5, 2016 By Rob
Dodgy Road Signs, Traffic Lights and Markings: Part Two
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At the end of the last post, we had our data in a file named defective. The data contains all the injuries caused by car accidents where a road sign, signal or marking was obscured or not working properly from 2010 to 2015 (4,672 in total). To R or not to R? We could continue to … Read More “Dodgy Road Signs, Traffic Lights and Markings: Part Two” »

Seen Elsewhere: 4th November 2016

Posted on November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 By Rob
Seen Elsewhere: 4th November 2016
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Welcome to the third edition of Seen Elsewhere, my round-up of good stuff I’ve seen in the field of R and data journalism this week.

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Dodgy Road Signs, Traffic Lights and Markings: Part One

Posted on November 2, 2016 By Rob
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One of the most detailed UK government datasets I’ve ever seen is the STATS19 data from the Department for Transport. This is the collated reports of road accidents in Great Britain in which at least one person was injured or killed. It records all kinds of details, from the basics such as the date, time … Read More “Dodgy Road Signs, Traffic Lights and Markings: Part One” »

Site Stats: October 2016

Posted on November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 By Rob
Site Stats: October 2016
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Summary: October was this site’s first full month of operation. I think the stats for September have disappeared – I think I enabled the stats on WordPress a few days later, so as far as I know this is just October’s data. I’ve tried to minimise looking at the site as a ‘visitor’, which would artificially inflate … Read More “Site Stats: October 2016” »

Site Design Refresh

Posted on October 31, 2016November 1, 2016 By Rob
Site Design Refresh
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You might have noticed the site looks different to how it did before. I changed themes to the Tribute theme on WordPress. I find this theme handles my featured images better, which allows me to show the thumbnails on the homepage. All feedback welcome! 

Seen Elsewhere: 28th October 2016

Posted on October 28, 2016October 31, 2016 By Rob
Seen Elsewhere: 28th October 2016
Seen Elsewhere

Welcome back to Seen Elsewhere, my round-up of good stuff I’ve seen in R and data journalism this week.

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