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Brandon Kopp

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Introduction to R Markdown (2019)
An update to my R Markdown class with some added bells and whistles.
The Whats Next Prediction App - Coursera Data Science Specialization Capstone Project
This presentation was created in fulfillment of a course requirement for the Coursera Data Science Specialization Capstone Course. It presents the details of an algorithm used to predict a word given a string of text.
Montgomery County Crime Data Feedback
I was asked to participate in a feedback forum for open crime data released by Montgomery County, MD. In order to gather my thoughts and illustrate my points, I put together an R Markdown document.
Coursera Data Science Specialization Capstone Project - Milestone Report 1
This document is my submission for the first milestone report for the Coursera Data Science Specialization Capstone Project.
Introduction to R Markdown
I was asked to give a 2-hour introduction to R Markdown for my colleagues at work. This document presents the content of my slides with some extra explanation. The intention is to provide a broad overview so people can decide whether it would be useful for them to learn more.
Creating a Treemap in R
This document describes how to create a treemap in R using the treemap package. A treemap is similar to a pie chart in that it visually displays proportions by varying the area of a shape.
Creating Word Clouds in R
This document describes how to create three types of word clouds; a simple word cloud, a comparison cloud, and a commonality cloud using the tm and wordcloud packages.
Creating a Network Plot in R
This document describes how to build circular network analysis visualizations using three R packages; igraph, circlize, and edgebundleR.
The Human and Financial Cost of Extreme Weather in the United States
This document was prepared as an assignment for the Reproducible Research course on Coursera.