Publications by Anthony Damico
sixty two-minute r twotorials now available
sixty twotorials now posted. two minutes each.new video highlights:024 how to run counts, tables, crosstabs, and flat tables on a data frame in r 030 what is a function anyway and how does it input and output stuff in r 022 how to generate basic descriptive statistics – means, medians, sums, quantiles – on data tables in r 051 how to read ...
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ninety two-minute r tutorial videos
ninety two-minute r tutorial videos now posted. three hours of ultra-concentrated r.new videos include topics like:setting your preferences (options) (Rprofile.site) random number generation (runif) (rnorm) (set.seed) (rbinom)creating and accessing objects according to a pattern (assign) (get)loops and flow control (nested for) (while) (next an...
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analyze the area resource file (arf) with r
the arf is fun to say out loud. it’s also a single county-level data table with about 6,000 variables, produced by the united states health services and resources administration (hrsa). the file contains health information and statistics for over 3,000 us counties.like many government agencies, hrsa provides only a sas importati...
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analyze the current population survey (cps) annual social and economic supplement (asec) with r
the annual march cps-asec has been supplying the statistics for the census bureau’s report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage since 1948. wow. the us census bureau and the bureau of labor statistics (bls) tag-team on this one. until the american community survey (acs) hit the scene in the early aughts (2000s), t...
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analyze the national health interview survey (nhis) with r
the national health interview survey (nhis) is a household survey about health status and utilization. each annual data set can be used to examine the disease burden and access to care that individuals and families are currently experiencing across the country. check out the wikipedia article (ohh hayy i wrote that) for more detai...
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analyze the general social survey (gss) with r
the general social survey (gss) has served as america’s mood ring since 1972. data-driven social scientists can compare political beliefs by demography, look at attitude trends, make emile durkheim and max weber (pronounced durk-veber) proud. in contrast to high-frequency tracking polls that capture newspaper headlines, the gss ...
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analyze the national health and nutrition examination survey (nhanes) with r
nhanes is this fascinating survey where doctors and dentists accompany survey interviewers in a little mobile medical center that drives around the country. while the survey folks are interviewing people, the medical professionals administer laboratory tests and conduct a real doctor’s examination. the blood work and medical exa...
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analyze the national survey on drug use and health (nsduh) with r
the national survey on drug use and health (nsduh) monitors illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use with more detail than any other survey out there. if you wanna know the average age at first chewing tobacco dip, the prevalence of needle-sharing, the family structure of households with someone abusing pain relievers, even the health...
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a two-minute introduction to statistical programming and other short stories
some hacker news criticism convinced me to take a stab at the question: “what is R?”answer: the lingua statistica, s’il vous plaît.met my hero and the inspiration behind this website.bonus video: how to make coffee with r in two minutes. Related To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: twotori...
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analyze the consumer expenditure survey (ce) with r
the consumer expenditure survey (ce) is the primo data source to understand how americans spend money. participating households keep a running diary about every little purchase over the year. those diaries are then summed up into precise expenditure categories. how else are you gonna know that the average american household spen...
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