A couple of weeks ago, Stromae performed at a sold out show in Washington, DC. Several friends were scouring StubHub and Craigslist for tickets, but ticket prices seemed to be all over the place. That got us wondering whether the market price for concert tickets exhibits any patterns that canRead More →
Earlier this week, we examined the surge in D.C.’s crime rate in 2015. We discovered that, as of August 2015, D.C.’s monthly homicide rate had more than doubled from the 2011 to 2014 average. Since 2011, there had been only one month when D.C.’s murder rate reached as high asRead More →
What is happening in DC this summer? The City appears to be in the midst of a crime surge with a new high-profile shooting, stabbing, or violent assault every week. Does the crime data support this observation? This post will examine the DC crime rate so far this year comparedRead More →
The 2015 NBA finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors has been one of the most exciting series in recent years. The underdog Cleveland Cavaliers are up 2-1 and game four is scheduled for tonight. In this write-up, chart-it looks at each player’s share of their team’sRead More →
This is part two of our four-part series exploring system data from the DMV area’s Capital Bikeshare system. This post is all about the sturdy workhorse of the bikesharing system, the bright red bike-tank that has become a staple of the DC backdrop. We’ll explore bike activity and workload patternsRead More →
Capital Bikeshare, the DMV area’s bikesharing system, has exploded in popularity since it was first implemented in 2010. The sight of bright red bike-tanks docked in bike racks that have sprung up all over DC during the last few years is hard to miss. While I am a huge fanRead More →
I was exploring the Social Security Administration’s U.S. baby names data set for interesting trends in baby names (no, I’m not expecting, just curious). There are lots of interesting analyses that can be done with this gigantic data set of baby names from 1880 to 2013. The first write-up will look atRead More →
The three dashboards below compare a selection of 278 NBA/ABA greats across three categories of metrics (offensive, defense, and other) over the course of their careers. The x-axis reflects each player’s career by season (e.g., rookie year is season ‘1’, etc.). All data sourced from http://www.basketball-reference.com/. Offensive Metrics Defensive MetricsRead More →
Has the price of crude oil become more or less volatile over time? Gleaning at the news, it would seem that the price has become significantly more volatile with, perhaps, the growing number speculators to blame. Let’s take a look at the data. Let’s take a look at theRead More →
Earlier this week, we compared the drop in the price of crude oil in December 2014 to the historical volatility of crude oil prices to understand the magnitude of the change. Today, we’ll explore the historical relationship between crude oil prices and economic growth. We note that many research papersRead More →