Cavan Donohoe - Data Scientist
Welcome to my Website! I know it’s not much, but it’s all done in R and GitHub, so that’s pretty cool.
I thought it might be worth investing some time to make a website to point to an area of my life where it gets a little more professional. But then I thought, why just do that? Why not incorporate some other aspects of my life that makes me me. So yes, this will have my ever growing resume, but let’s have a little bit of fun while we’re here.
Check out my latest project: a Rent vs. Buy Calculator — an interactive Shiny app that runs a side-by-side financial simulation to help you decide whether to buy a home or keep renting and investing. Source code on GitHub.
Projects
US Rental Investment Markets
Cap rates, vacancy, and demand signals for 3,800+ cities using Zillow and Census data.
LA Neighborhoods: Price per Sq Ft
Zillow + Redfin data for LA neighborhoods — median prices, rent, and what $1M buys you.
Rent vs. Buy Calculator
Interactive Shiny app for side-by-side financial simulation of renting vs. buying.
IMDb Top 250 TV Series
Scraped ratings, seasons, and trends for the top 250 TV shows on IMDb.
Best Picture Nominees
Oscar Best Picture data — distributors, producers, and historical nominee analysis.
Top 250 IMDb + Rotten Tomatoes
Cross-referencing IMDb’s top 250 movies with Rotten Tomatoes scores.
IMDb Rating Plot
Interactive episode-by-episode rating visualization for any TV series.
AVCA Volleyball All-Americans
Web-scraped history of men’s volleyball All-American selections and champions.
Firefighter Schedule
Shift calendar generator for firefighter 48/96 schedules.
Google Maps Saved Places
My “Want to Go” and “Favorites” lists exported and visualized.
My IMDb Ratings
Personal movie ratings and watchlist from my IMDb account.
Get Bloggy With It
Travel blog entries from my adventures around the world.
Best Picture vs Top 1000 Box Office
Do Oscar winners also dominate the box office? An interactive comparison.
Sierpinski Triangle
Fractal geometry generated in R — the classic chaos game visualization.
Confederate Statues Timeline
When were Confederate monuments erected? A data-driven look at the timeline.
Learn R
Tutorial series: intro, data manipulation, visualization, and statistics in R.