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Scraping PTEN's US Land Rig Fleet
Introduction I decided to scrape and analyze rig data from Patterson-UTI Energy’s (NASDAQ: PTEN) website. PTEN is the second largest contract land driller in the US and one of the largest pressure pumping (e.g. fracking) service providers to Oil & Gas companies. The company is publicly traded with a current …
Scraping Multiple Web Pages with For Loops (in bash) — Web Scraping Tutorial ep#2
This is the second episode of my web scraping tutorial series. In the first episode, I showed you how you can get and clean the data from one... The post Scraping Multiple Web Pages with For Loops (in bash) — Web Scraping Tutorial ep#2 appeared first on Data36.
Scraping Multiple Webpages with For Loops (in bash) — Web Scraping Tutorial ep#2
This is the second episode of my web scraping tutorial series. In the first episode, I showed you how you can get and clean the data from one... The post Scraping Multiple Webpages with For Loops (in bash) — Web Scraping Tutorial ep#2 appeared first on Data36.
Analyzing NYC Hotels on TripAdvisor
Introduction New York City is often described as one of the center pieces of the world. The city attracts outsiders for its diverse culture and business opportunities. Hotel businesses thrive to meet this demand, however, competition is fierce. It is important to keep up with completing competition and reflection of …
Web Scraping L'oreal: Find the One you really want
Background As a beauty shopper myself, I have a bunch of experience in selecting the most suitable product for myself. Unlike other products that have similar functionality to all kinds of consumers, there are lots of factors that consumers need to consider when selecting beauty products, e.g. Skin Type, Undertone, …
Effect of College Selection on ROI
Description The current project applied web scraping techniques to investigate effect of degree type, college type, college major, and regionality, on early- and mid-career earnings and estimated 20 year return on investment of higher education Background College tuition is at an all-time high, and a barrier to entry for many …
Cannabis Connoisseurs: An Analysis of User-reported Cannabis Data
Introduction The legality of cannabis in the United States has been a topic of conversation for close to 100 years. Now, more and more states are choosing to legalize cannabis and its byproducts for recreational or medicinal use. While states choose whether or not to legalize the plant at the …
Ingredients and Features of the Recipe
Background When people cook at home, it is very common to check certain recipes before they start to cook the dish. The questions arise naturally that what ingredients are the most popular ones and what are some common combinations. When I cook, I sometimes go to the website xiachufang to …
Medicinal Herbs Analysis
We have been relying and using herbs to perpetuate healthy lifestyles and manage chronic illnesses for as long as we've been around. However, in the era of modern medicine we have ignored the beneficial effects of herbs in favor of well-packaged, cure-all pills with ingredients we don't understand and prices …
Analysis of GreatSchools' Ratings: How district schools fail to serve low income and African American communities
What is this all about? GreatSchools is the most popular school rating site for parents seeking information about public schools in the PK-12 space. Recently, GreatSchools has been criticized by education advocates for, “effectively penaliz[ing] schools that serve largely low-income students and those serving largely black and Hispanic students,” by …
ULTA's own labels or other brands? Web Scraping Project
Background Founded in 1990, Ulta Beauty has gained the favors of many beauty shoppers and become one of the largest U.S. beauty retailers for cosmetics, skin care products, hair care products, fragrance and salon services. As of November of 2019, Ulta Beauty operates 1,241 retail stores across 50 states and …
Web Scraping - Uncovering Predictors of Netflix Paid Membership from Netflix Originals
Introduction and Motivation Netflix is a fantastic company. It has maintained a long-run growth over the last number of years, and its shares have steadily risen over ten years, with over 40 times growth since 2012. A $1,000 investment made on Jan 2007, would be worth more than $110,000 as …
Web Scraping Tutorial — episode #1 — Scraping a Webpage (with Bash)
Running hobby projects is the best way to practice data science before getting your first job. And one of the best ways to get real data for a... The post Web Scraping Tutorial — episode #1 — Scraping a Webpage (with Bash) appeared first on Data36.
Protected: Web Scraping Without a Paddle
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10 Reasons Why Web Scraping Is Good For Your Current Business Growth
Web scraping is one of the most efficient ways to conduct data retrieval. can help multiple businesses to foster their brand growth much easier and quicker.
10 Questions to Ask Before Proceeding with Web Scraping
from Inc While your business competitors are seeking competitive edges from the endless supply of information on the Internet, there’s literally no reason for you to sit around and just wait to get…
Using Selenium Scraper to Find the Cheapest Flights!
The goal of this project is to build a web scraper that performs searches on flight prices with flexible dates (up to 3 days before and after the dates you select first) for a particular destination. The program saves an excel with the results and sends an alert email with …
Analyzing the Port Wine
Author: Bee Kim Introduction Few years back, I visited a winery in Long Island for wine tasting and I tried this very sweet red wine. Back then, I didn't know much about wines and thought all red wines are bitter so this came to me as a surprise. Right away, …