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Alex Grotjan

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Music Data Analysis - Programming for Analytics Final Project (Fall 2025)
In this project I explore multiple different data sources to try and understand what makes music popular and what makes music engaging. To complete this project I used a data set from Kaggle as well as a data set that I obtained using the Last.fm API.
Sentiment Analysis (Coke vs Pepsi)
I used Reddit's JSON API to get text data for both Coke and Pepsi so that I could compare sentiments for the two brands.
Pokemon Data Analysis (Web Scraping Assignment)
This assignment served as my first experience with web scraping. I used Bulbapedia to scrape data about Pokémon and then I did some basic analysis on Pokémon heights, weights, and more.
In class activity for programming for analytics web scraping
Fun in class activity for web scraping
Last.fm API Intro and Tutorial (Assignment 6 - BAIS 462 - Fall 2025)
This was for an assignment for my programming for analytics class at Xavier University. I briefly introduce the Last.fm music service API and show how to interact with one of the endpoints.