Resources

Exploratory data analysis (EDA) is generally the first step in any data science project with the goal being to summarize the main features of the dataset. It helps the analyst...

Frequently, we encounter projects that require the combined use of Python, Microsoft Excel and some external databases that can only be accessed via Excel, or use cases that...

Our team recently designed a dashboard using R Shiny Leaflet allowing users to select many locations at one go on an interactive map. We created the map using the package ...

The apply function in R is used as a fast and simple alternative to loops. It allows users to apply a function to a vector or data frame by row, by column or to the entire data...

There were a lot of predictions from pundits in the lead up to the 2016 Election, many of which predicted a Hillary Clinton victory. We now know that Donald Trump earned the...

This year, the Red Oak Strategic team decided to undertake a new challenge in the world of polling and analytics : conduct a bi-weekly, public, national survey that we would...

Political polling faces a crisis of confidence. Major news outlets repeatedly ask “What’s the matter with polling?” after major misses like the Bernie Sanders’s primary upset...

Today, we debuted our national tracking poll, conducted using Google Consumer Surveys. We are one of the first researchers in the political space to embrace the technology and...

Last Saturday, in what has now been widely publicized and discussed, Uber and Lyft lost an effort, Proposition 1, that would have rolled back a number of regulations on their...

After last night’s Republican debate in Wisconsin, we thought it would be useful to begin analyzing how the GOP campaigns are thinking analytically about their pathways to the...