Articles by Method Matters

Bayesian Regression Analysis with Rstanarm

September 1, 2021 | Method Matters

In this post, we will work through a simple example of Bayesian regression analysis with the rstanarm package in R. I’ve been reading Gelman, Hill and Vehtari’s recent book “Regression and Other Stories”, and this blog post is my attempt to apply some of the things I’ve ...
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Downloading Fitbit Data Histories with R

June 5, 2019 | Method Matters

In this post, we will see how to download personal Fitbit data histories for step counts, heart rate, and sleep via the Fitbit API. We will use a combination of existing R packages and custom calls to the Fitbit API to get all of the data we are interested in.... [Read more...]

Downloading Fitbit Data Histories with R

June 5, 2019 | Method Matters

In this post, we will see how to download personal Fitbit data histories for step counts, heart rate, and sleep via the Fitbit API. We will use a combination of existing R packages and custom calls to the Fitbit API to get all of the data we are interested in.... [Read more...]

Downloading Fitbit Data Histories with R

June 5, 2019 | Method Matters

In this post, we will see how to download personal Fitbit data histories for step counts, heart rate, and sleep via the Fitbit API. We will use a combination of existing R packages and custom calls to the Fitbit API to get all of the data we are interested in. ... [Read more...]

FizzBuzz in R and Python

April 21, 2019 | Method Matters

In this post, we will solve a simple problem (called "FizzBuzz") that is asked by some employers in data scientist job interviews. The question seeks to ascertain the applicant's familiarity with basic programming concepts. We will see 2 different ways to solve the problem in 2 different statistical programming languages: R and ... [Read more...]

FizzBuzz in R and Python

April 21, 2019 | Method Matters

In this post, we will solve a simple problem (called “FizzBuzz”) that is asked by some employers in data scientist job interviews. The question seeks to ascertain the applicant’s familiarity with basic programming concepts. We will see 2 different ways to solve the problem in 2 different statistical programming languages: R ... [Read more...]
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