Articles by leekgroup

A statistical project bleg (urgent-ish)

October 22, 2012 | leekgroup

We all know that politicians can play it a little fast and loose with the truth. This is particularly true in debates, where politicians have to think on their feet and respond to questions from the audience or from each other.  Usually, we find out a... [Read more...]

Statistics project ideas for students

February 29, 2012 | leekgroup

Here are a few ideas that might make for interesting student projects at all levels (from high-school to graduate school). I’d welcome ideas/suggestions/additions to the list as well. All of these ideas depend on free or scraped data, which means tha... [Read more...]

An R function to map your Twitter Followers

December 21, 2011 | leekgroup

I wrote a little function to make a personalized map of who follows you or who you follow on Twitter. The idea for this function was inspired by some plots I discussed in a previous post. I also found a lot of really useful code over at flowing data he... [Read more...]

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