by Rafael Hernandez | Mar 30, 2023 | Basketball, Data Analysis
Figure 1: Notorious B.I.G Top Ten on Spotify. Visualization by Author. Album covers: Bad Boy/Arista The advent of technology has impacted hip hop and changed the record industry for all genres. The quality of a record has gone through various alterations as the music...
by Rafael Hernandez | Oct 27, 2022 | Economics
In March of 2014, the European Union and the United States imposed economic sanctions on Russia. Prior to the sanctions, Russia gave value to the Ruble through a dual currency basket that consisted of the Euro and U.S. dollar. Russian state reserves maintained gold...
by Rafael Hernandez | Oct 27, 2022 | Basketball
In 2016, the NCAA changed the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 seconds to increase the amount of possessions in a game. The shot clock change impacted college basketball in the following ways. Team 2 point shooting percentage average increased from 47.7% to 50.0% by...
by Rafael Hernandez | Oct 25, 2022 | Forest Fire
The code and analysis for the Montesinho forest fire data is embedded in the PDF. The final analysis begins on page 30. The PDF provides the thinking process, code and visualizations for the analysis. Key findings: Forest fires increased exponentially in August and...
