# 1028 search results for "LaTeX"

## Making R graphics legible in presentation slides

July 30, 2012
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I only visited a few JSM sessions today, as I’ve been focused on preparing for my own talk tomorrow morning. However, I went to several talks in a row which all had a common problem that made me cringe: graphics … Continue reading →

## Split-plot 2: let’s throw in some spatial effects

July 30, 2012
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Disappeared for a while collecting frequent flyer points. In the process I ‘discovered’ that I live in the middle of nowhere, as it took me 36 hours to reach my conference destination (Estoril, Portugal) through Christchurch, Sydney, Bangkok, Dubai, Madrid … Continue reading →

## What’s wrong with LOESS for palaeo data?

July 24, 2012
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$What’s wrong with LOESS for palaeo data?$

Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS) or local regression (LOESS) is widely used to highlight “signal” in variables from stratigraphic sequences. It is a user-friendly way of fitting a local model that derives its form from the data themselves rather than having … Continue reading →

## Le Monde puzzle [#783]

July 20, 2012
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$Le Monde puzzle [#783]$

In a political party, there are as many cells as there are members and each member belongs to at least one cell. Each cell has five members and an arbitrary pair of cells only shares one member. How many members are there in this political party? Back to the mathematical puzzles of Le Monde (science

## Volatility and Correlation

July 19, 2012
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The implied option volatility reflects the price premium an option commands. A trader’s profit and loss ‘P&L’ from hedging option positions is driven to a large extend by the actual historical volatility of the underlying assets. Thus as option premiums … Continue reading →

## A weighting function for ‘nls’ / ‘nlsLM’

July 19, 2012
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$A weighting function for ‘nls’ / ‘nlsLM’$

Standard nonlinear regression assumes homoscedastic data, that is, all response values are distributed normally.  In case of heteroscedastic data (i.e. when the variance is dependent on the magnitude of the data), weighting the fit is essential. In nls (or nlsLM of the minpack.lm package), weighting can be conducted by two different methods: 1) by supplying

## Video: knitr, R Markdown, and R Studio: Introduction to Reproducible Analysis

July 19, 2012
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This post presents the video of a talk that I presented in July 2012 at Melbourne R Users on using knitr, R Markdown, and R Studio to perform reproducible analysis. I also provide links to a github repository where the R markdown examples can be examin...

## Dynamical systems: Mapping chaos with R

July 13, 2012
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$Dynamical systems: Mapping chaos with R$

Chaos. Hectic, seemingly unpredictable, complex dynamics. In a word: fun. I usually stick to the warm and fuzzy world of stochasticity and probability distributions, but this post will be (almost) entirely devoid of randomness. While chaotic dynamics are entirely deterministic, their sensitivity to initial conditions can trick the observer into seeing iid. In ecology, chaotic