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useR 2012 | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Slides, R code, and dataset from my presentation (abstract). At the useR 2012 conference. In Nashville, TN:. Presentation slides, including links to other work in this area. AddAKDC.HI.exitbox.r. Add Alaska, Hawaii, DC, and (optionally) an “exit” button to the. Package’s state map of continental US. Static choropleth map of poverty by US state. Of the same map. See also my post on the Tuesday tutorials. And my braindump on the rest of the conference.
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Stats Edu and Jobs | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Stats Edu and Jobs. Many readers find this blog by searching the web for info on stats education and career advice. I’ll collect my relevant posts here. Statistics education and careers, in general:. One difference between Statistics vs. Applied Math. More names for statistics, and do they matter? Is a Master’s degree in Statistics worthwhile? More on graduate study for careers in Statistics. Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University:. Seminar on Activ...
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Small Area Estimation 101: old materials posted | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Forget NHST: conference bans all conclusions. Reader Morghulis →. Small Area Estimation 101: old materials posted. April 3, 2015. Comments Off on Small Area Estimation 101: old materials posted. I never got around to polishing my Small Area Estimation (SAE) “101” tutorial materials that I promised a while ago. So here they are, though still unedited and not as clean / self-explanatory as I’d like. All slides, data, and code (ZIP). 8220;ProcMixed”...
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Localized Comparisons: Idiopleth Maps? | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Tidbits of geography (and of cake) →. Localized Comparisons: Idiopleth Maps? March 9, 2012. In which we propose a unifying theme, name, and some new prototypes for visualizations that allow “localization of comparisons,” aka “How do I relate to others? When Nathan Yau visited. To show whether their prices are higher or lower than here (for instance, red for pricier and green for cheaper gas). Example and modified it to add interactivity on mouseover.
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API, and online mapping platforms | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. In defense of the American Community Survey. JSM: accessible for first-year grad students? API, and online mapping platforms. May 10, 2012. The Census Bureau is beta-testing a new API for developers. As I understand it, within hours of the API going live, Jan Vink incorporated it into an updated version. Of the interactive maps I’ve discussed before. Platform, which works with ESRI’s ArcGIS products. It seems to be a mix of Actionscript, Javascript, a...
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Roulette Wheel of Time | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Nice example of a map with uncertainty →. Roulette Wheel of Time. April 21, 2015. Comments Off on Roulette Wheel of Time. While we’re on crossovers between statistics and brick-sized fantasy novels. I remember taking some notes on references to math, logic, and probability in Robert Jordan’s. Readers, can you recommend any good fantasy / sci-fi (or other fiction) that treats stats & math well? 8220;Use unknown, save that channeling through it seems to...
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Forget NHST: conference bans all conclusions | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Small Area Estimation 101: old materials posted →. Forget NHST: conference bans all conclusions. April 1, 2015. Once again, CMU is hosting the. Not to be outdone by the journal editors who banned confidence intervals. The SIGBOVIK 2015 proceedings (p.83). Feature a proposal to ban future papers from reporting any conclusions whatsoever:. I applaud the author’s courageous leadership. Readers of my own SIGBOVIK 2014 paper on BS inference. In other words...
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Fun with Grad Cafe data
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Fun with Grad Cafe data. Feb 8, 2015. My classmate Lee Richardson. And I were discussing the website GradCafe. Last night and their database of admissions decisions. This morning he sent me a link to an R package brewdata. Which scrapes results off the site, cleans it, and puts it into a nice R dataframe. Because I have nothing better to do. I decided to have some fun with the data. To the broader population of applicants to statistics programs. When do you hear back? Part of the reason why I suggest tha...
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Dataviz Books | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. I enjoy reading books about data visualization. Here are a few I’ve reviewed:. Graph Design for the Eye and Mind. The Grammar of Graphics. The Elements of Graphing Data. See also my list of some of the most-cited dataviz books. Some highlights that I can recommend (and plan to review eventually):. Alberto Cairo (my favorite introduction to dataviz). Fundamental Statistical Concepts in Presenting Data. Creating More Effective Graphs. Show Me the Numbers.
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Small Area Estimation resources | Civil Statistician
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Stats, datavis, edu, brains, etc. Stats Edu and Jobs. Evil Queen of Numbers. Upcoming DataKind datadive with the World Bank in DC →. Small Area Estimation resources. February 1, 2013. Small Area Estimation is a field of statistics that seeks to improve the precision of your estimates when standard methods are not enough. Meanwhile, below is a list of resources I recommend if you would like to be more knowledgeable about this field. Springer, 2005. [Amazon]. Wiley-Interscience, 2003. [Amazon]. Platek, Rao...
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