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A Simple Tool for Choosing Dirichlet Priors
The Dirichlet distribution, also known as the multivariate beta distribution, is a probability distribution often employed to model the …
Last updated on
Jul 12, 2022
Statistics
Using Simulation to Understand Probability - Application to Poker
Many researchers, students, and consumers of empirical research have poor understandings of probability distributions, calculus, and …
Last updated on
May 23, 2020
Programming
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Statistics
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Teaching
Evaluating the Empirical Case for Direct Pharmacy Distribution of Naloxone
In an article titled “Association Between State Laws Facilitating Pharmacy Distribution of Naloxone and Risk of Fatal Overdose,” in the …
Last updated on
Dec 26, 2019
Statistics
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Peer-Review
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Misc
Simulation-based Power Calculations for Conjoint Experiments
Social scientists rarely provide explicit justification for choices that directly affect the suitability of their research designs for …
Last updated on
Oct 6, 2020
Programming
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Statistics
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Teaching
Creating average score scales in R
As a Fellow for the Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences, I have the opportunity to teach students, faculty, and staff …
Dec 3, 2019
Teaching
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Programming
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R
Common Student Mistakes in Academic Writing (and how to avoid them)
As a course instructor and teaching assistant, I aspire to not only help students master course concepts and tools, but more generally …
Last updated on
Dec 3, 2019
Teaching
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Writing
(S)weaving in RStudio when you've updated TeX
RStudio is a popular, well-supported IDE for R programmers. While a number of text editors with steep learning curves and direct …
Last updated on
Dec 3, 2019
Programming
The Conditional Missingness of Missing Values in R
Many data analysts often wish to examine subsets of data or otherwise manipulate data using indicators of data missingness. Luckily, R …
Last updated on
Dec 3, 2019
Programming
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