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Brian Keegan

I am a bald dude who likes data.

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Aug 14

The Political Geography of Boulder in 2021

NOTE: I am publishing this in August 2023 although it was in a final draft state in December 2021. Out of a obvious need for editing as well as the shock from the Marshall Fires, I delayed publishing editing for so long that it no longer felt relevant to share…

Boulder

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The Political Geography of Boulder
The Political Geography of Boulder
Boulder

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Fall 2022 — Information Expositions

·Aug 30, 2022

Resources for data storytelling and visualization

This is a list of resources that showcase excellent (and terrible!) examples of data visualization and storytelling. Publications NYTimes Upshot FiveThirytEight Newsletters Data and Eggs Graphic Content Numlock News Data is Plural Fair Warning ODI The Week in Data Quantum of Sollazzo Online communities r/DataIsBeautiful r/DataIsUgly Blogs Information is Beautiful Flowing Data Visualizing Data Junk Charts

Data Visualization

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Resources for data storytelling and visualization
Resources for data storytelling and visualization
Data Visualization

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May 12, 2022

We cannot wait any longer

Dear Rep. Joe Neguse, I write to convey my profound concerns about the federal government’s unconscionable administrative delays in approving a COVID-19 vaccine for children under five. Like you, I am the father of a three-year-old. While vaccines have been approved for adults since December 2020 and for children above…

Covid-19

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We cannot wait any longer
We cannot wait any longer
Covid-19

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Spring 2022 — Information Expositions

·Feb 20, 2022

Congressional disbursements by party and incumbency

Introduction Members of the United States Congress are given budgets to run their offices, pay for staff, and travel. How Members of Congress spend their budgets could say a lot about how they translate their professed political values into action. Do Republicans who ostensibly believe in fiscal conservativism spend less than…

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Congressional disbursements by party and incumbency
Congressional disbursements by party and incumbency
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Spring 2022 — Information Expositions

·Feb 3, 2022

Playtime in a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some of the largest disruptions to society’s routines in recent memory. Major League Baseball (MLB) was not immune from these disruptions and had its first non-strike-shortened season since World War II. The 2020 MLB season was also remarkable because no attendance was permitted during the…

Baseball

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Playtime in a Pandemic
Playtime in a Pandemic
Baseball

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Spring 2022 — Information Expositions

·Jan 9, 2022

Resources for Data Cleaning, Visualization, Communication, and Journalism

I have collated a list of resources about data cleaning and analysis, data visualization, data communication and storytelling, and data journalism. You can also check out my List of Lists of Datasets. Data Cleaning and Analysis Chen, D. (2018). Pandas for Everyone: Python Data Analysis. Elgabry, O. (2019). “The Ultimate Guide to Data Cleaning.”…

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Spring 2022 — Information Expositions

·Updated Jan 9, 2022

Syllabus

This course teaches students how to communicate the findings from their data analyses and to understand the ethics and implications of data communication and storytelling. Students will develop their computational skills for reshaping, analyzing, summarizing, and visualizing quantitative data using Python’s scientific libraries. Students will also develop their communication skills…

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Syllabus
Syllabus
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Sep 24, 2021

Online political networks of Boulder, Part I: Friend networks

Hearst’s yellow journalism. FDR’s fireside chats. The Nixon-Kennedy debates. Obama’s 2008 campaign. New communication technologies shape American politics. Much of our attention focuses on candidates and campaigns at the national level, but the local politics of school boards, zoning commissions, health departments, and city councils have far greater impacts on…

Boulder

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Online political networks of Boulder, Part I: Friend networks
Online political networks of Boulder, Part I: Friend networks
Boulder

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Fall 2019 — Information Expositions

·Aug 28, 2019

Syllabus — Fall 2019

This course prepares students to manipulate and analyze data and to communicate their findings to a lay audience. Students will learn six fundamental data analysis techniques and will demonstrate their mastery of these techniques through self-directed data analyses. …

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Information Expositions — Fall 2019
Information Expositions — Fall 2019
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Brian Keegan

Brian Keegan

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{Social, Data, Network, Information} Scientist. @CUInfoScience assistant professor.

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