Fact or Fiction is a new series where I tackle popular internet narratives and use data analytics to check how true they are. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Roe v. Wade, outraged supporters of abortion rights across the U.S. have… Read More »Fact or Fiction: Is the current Supreme Court bench illegitimate?
Note: This article is outdated. Please see here for the current iteration for the 2023 Tournament. As March Madness begins and we scramble to fill out our brackets, an interesting and important thing to keep in mind is injuries – especially injuries to key players.… Read More »Which March Madness Teams are Most Injured (2022)?
A couple days ago, I came across an article from NCAA.com about the hometowns of the some 5,000 NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball players. The post had some interesting insights, but also had a number of flaws that I thought warranted a follow-up. For starters, the… Read More »Where are NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball players from?
It seems like it’s been an eternity since the mad rush to get vaccinated in the United States. Some of us took desperate measures to skip ahead in line to get the first dose. Initially, the results were astounding — in just approximately four months,… Read More »Coronavirus Strikes Back (ft. Delta)
The Senate is currently in intense debate regarding raising the federal minimum wage. Several potential wages have been proposed, including a $10/hour plan from Senators Romney and Cotton and a more generous $15/hour plan from the progressive Democrats. Right now the current federal minimum wage stands… Read More »The Minimum Wage, the Living Wage, and the Wardrobe
Today’s been a big day in the stock market. Lots of people have lost a lot of money, and a lot of people are understandably really upset. Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s happened so far A subreddit called /r/wallstreetbets (visit at your own peril), which has… Read More »Why isn’t Robinhood letting me trade? (hint: there’s probably not a conspiracy against you)
As you might have noticed, I post rather erratically and infrequently. There’s a lot of reasons why, but the main reason why is that writing is hard. Behind the scenes, I often spend 40+ hours on some of my blogposts between idea generation, data cleaning,… Read More »On Post Frequency
Have you ever thought about bringing cold, hard statistics to one of life’s greatest artistic joys? Well fear not, because in our increasingly data-driven world, our analyst friends are hard at work attempting to statistisize (numerize?) everything you can think of, so we can analyze… Read More »Analyzing Hip Hop – Who’s Most Lyrical, What Determines Popularity, and More
It’s Thanksgiving, also known as DJ Khaled’s birthday, and COVID-19 is back with a vengeance. We’ve all been cautioned by the CDC to celebrate a socially distanced holidays this year, and the data shows most of us are ignoring them so far. I’m not here… Read More »COVID: A tale of two Americas
The president has COVID. A number of his close confidants, including Kellyanne Conway and Chris Christie, have COVID diagnoses of their own. It appears that Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s Rose Garden Nomination Ceremony was a “superspreader” event that spread COVID among all levels… Read More »Is the GOP taking COVID-19 seriously?
