Data source: https://xwordinfo.com Language used: R Packages: tidyverse/stringr (for wrangling), rvest (for scraping), tidytext (for text analysis), ggplot2 (for graph)
I love it! They know mondays suck so they made the words shorter, easier to solve, sense of accomplishment to get you through the morning. Maybe but i love it
![image showing Average word length for NYTimes Crossword answers, 1994-2017 [OC]](b578d636-7f83-59cc-b308-704d028c20ac.jpg)
rrreaderrr on September 7th, 2017 at 02:44 UTC »
Full code and blog post here: https://github.com/jtanwk/nytcrossword
Data source: https://xwordinfo.com Language used: R Packages: tidyverse/stringr (for wrangling), rvest (for scraping), tidytext (for text analysis), ggplot2 (for graph)edit: fixed broken link to data source
edit 2: left out ggplot!
minimalist_reply on September 7th, 2017 at 04:45 UTC »
This is one of the best all around visualizations I've seen in this sub.
Easy to read, labeled, actually looks beautiful, conveys the point of the data (change over time) very well.
So.......why have they gotten longer for every day across the years?
More ambitious creators? Software that assists in making them?
lilyraine-jackson on September 7th, 2017 at 09:04 UTC »
I love it! They know mondays suck so they made the words shorter, easier to solve, sense of accomplishment to get you through the morning. Maybe but i love it