I’m giving a talk this Friday (September 26, from 6 – 8 PM) on my current research into interest detection on Twitter. The talk …Continue reading → [Read more...]

This post is first in a series that looks at the inferences you can make using social media data. The …Continue reading → [Read more...]

Like many concepts in mathematics, linearity has multiple interpretations and meanings. What do we mean when we say something is …Continue reading → [Read more...]

A question came up about regarding Q1.4.9 in Cherney, Denton, Waldron. Here is a snippet of the original question: Consider …Continue reading → [Read more...]

This is a companion post to the article What’s the ROI of your loan? It depends…, which discusses approaches for …Continue reading → [Read more...]

I’m pleased to announce the completion of the second chapter of my book, Modeling data with functional programming in R. …Continue reading → [Read more...]

I’m pleased to announce that a rewrite of my first chapter of “Modeling Data With Functional Programming In R” is …Continue reading → [Read more...]

A good friend of mine sent me a link to an animated gif that shows the popularity of baby names …Continue reading → [Read more...]

This is part 2/3 in my series on healthcare costs. The analysis is driven by my own needs as an …Continue reading » [Read more...]