Finding data sets Part 2: TV, music, book ratings and sports data

The first part gave a more general overview on where to get data. This section will give you specific data sources, e.g. if you like sports, movies, books, … and so on. Over the next couple of weeks you’ll find these posts on my blog: General data sources TV, music, book ratings and sports data … Continue reading Finding data sets Part 2: TV, music, book ratings and sports data

Finding data sets Part 1: General data sources

I often encounter interesting algorithms or R packages which I want to test. The nice ones provide data for testing but often it is only dummy data. To get a good understanding of the method and its limitations real data might be required. Sometimes I would also like to explore data I have not used … Continue reading Finding data sets Part 1: General data sources

Use rvest to scrape NFL weather data

If you are following my progress in the Data Science Learning Club you might know that I am using NFL data for the tasks. For predicting sports events I think it is not only important to have statistics about the players, teams and previous games but also about the weather. From when I was a … Continue reading Use rvest to scrape NFL weather data