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I am using this site as a repository for selected project codes and thoughts; otherwise they'd likely be forgotten. Feel free to look around. Below are some of my recent posts.

Coffee, Coworkers, and the EM Algorithm

Date: December 14, 2018
Description: Analysis of a personal coffee consumption data set, with some coworker inferences tossed in.
Tags: DIY Project R

Model Go Boom

Date: December 7, 2018
Description: Motivating production modeling using an xkcd-styled animation.
Tags: R Stickperson

(Follow-up) Using C++ to Speedup Row-wise Operations

Date: September 7, 2018
Description: More on the R package Rcpp, code performance, and for loops.
Tags: C++ R

Using C++ to Speedup Row-wise Operations

Date: August 22, 2018
Description: The R package Rcpp is a great tool for improving your code’s performance.
Tags: C++ R

The low-rank hurdle model

Date: September 8, 2017
Description: A new low-rank modeling framework for data with special values.
Tags: Paper Research Stickperson

SeaClass

Date: September 1, 2017
Description: An Interactive R Tool for Classification Problems
Tags: R Research

Run Bayes

Date: August 25, 2017
Description: A Bayesian analysis of my goal to run 1000 miles in 52 weeks.
Tags: DIY Project R

Your Game

Date: August 18, 2017
Description: A birthday gift for my wife.
Tags: DIY Project Games WebDev