Market Basket Analysis Using R and Shiny
Have you heard that if you send your husband to purchase diapers at the grocery store it is statistically more likely he will also purchase beer? Unexpected relationships like this in your data can be found with what is known as market basket analysis, or in statisticians’ terms, association analysis. I’d like to walk through […]
Step by Step: Upgrading to Veeam 9
Yesterday, Veeam released the anticipated Veeam Backup and Replication version 9 and VeeamOne version 9. Veeam 9 releases a host of new features aimed at improving functionality, scalability and administration. These include but are not limited to the new scale-out backup repository, the new BitLooker (ability to exclude select files or folders), Direct NFS Access, significant […]
Visualizing Oklahoma Earthquake Activity
I grew up in Oklahoma, but I can’t claim to have felt an earthquake in the state until I moved back in 2014. A series of earthquakes in the last few weeks prompted me to find a data set and take a look in Tableau. I wanted to see how the number of earthquakes has […]
Speed Up Your Analysis in Alteryx using R and SQLite
When dealing with large data sets speed can be crucial. Fortunately, Alteryx Predictive Tools utilizes R to provide a seamless framework to extend the toolset that comes with Alteryx Designer. This means that Alteryx users benefit from all of the powerful packages developed by the R community to add functionality and increase the speed of […]
Thinking About Data: Part One – Data Science
During the holidays I spent a some time reading about the terms data science, big data and data visualization. This is part of my annual thinking and planning cycle. Because there is so much buzz surrounding these words I wanted to sort out how to think about the relationship between these topics. How Buzzy Are […]
How to: Dynamic Map Coloration with Parameters in Tableau
With built-in Tableau integration, using maps couldn’t be easier! Occasionally, however, we want to get creative and display more information within the map. Recently, I was asked, “When I have a parameter to choose which measure I want to view, how can I display a different color series in my map depending on which metric is selected?” […]
Predicting the Flu with Tableau and R
Asking a magic eight ball the answer to questions we have about the future may not be the ideal way to get the right answers, but is predicting the future something that is even possible? Will I get a new car for Christmas? Will I finally get that promotion at work? Will I get the […]
Our New Year’s Data Resolutions for 2016
I know we’re already a few days into the new year, but let me officially say: “Welcome to 2016 from InterWorks! THE FUTURE IS NOW!” Unfortunately, we didn’t get real hoverboards this past year like “Back to the Future Part II” prophesied (we got these instead), nor did my Cubbies win the World Series (though they came close […]
Survival Curves: How Quickly Do NFL Players Get Arrested?
Recently, our own Dan Murray blogged about NFL Players and their arrests. This got me thinking about the risk of a newly drafted NFL Player being arrested, which of course also got me thinking about survival analysis. Wait. What did I just say? Survival Analysis Explained Survival analysis is most closely associated with medical and […]
2011-2015 College Football Attendance
As another college football season draws to a close, the sport as a whole is in great shape. Ratings are high, and the revenues of individual programs are higher than ever. That said, there remain some areas for improvement – particularly when it comes to attendance.. Since 2011, attendance has been down 4.5% throughout college […]