Statistics

EUI Multi-Level Models Course

An Introduction to Multi-Level Models (Using Stata) European University Institute, May 23–27, 2011 Professor Kenneth Benoit Methodology Institute, London School of Economics https://www.kenbenoit.net/mlm/ Course handout here. Readings are available from Mark Franklin’s Dropbox account for this course.

The power of simulation

This is very close to what we do in statistical sciences! Success through simulation

On Causality

And this from the Matrix Reloaded (the best scene and dialogue of the film by far): Merovingian: You see, there is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality.

How to set proxy settings for R (Mac OSX)

I run R behind a firewall, and found it tricky to set the proxy settings for R so that I could directly install packages, access outside data using load(url()), etc. The solution lies in the http_proxy environment variable.

Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power

Here’s a recent article published in the New York Times about R, the freely available statistical package: “Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power” By ASHLEE VANCE Published: January 7, 2009

Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power

Here’s a recent article published in the New York Times about R, the freely available statistical package: “Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power” By ASHLEE VANCE Published: January 7, 2009