Publications by Cory Lesmeister
Analysis of Copper and Equity Prices on the Quandl.com blog
http://blog.quandl.com/blog/mythbusting-dr-copper/ Related To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: Fear and Loathing in Data Science. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or fi...
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The NFL Reloads: Using R to Have a Look
NFL Draft 2014It can’t be easy being a Jacksonville Jaguars fan. It seems that management has learned nothing from the Blaine Gabbert debacle. By that I mean I’m not impressed with their first round pick Blake Bortles. Bucky Brooks of NFL.com called him a “developmental prospect”. Developmental? Is that what you want from the third overal...
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Survey – Voice of the Reader
Dear Blog Readers,I have numerous topics I could discuss in future blog posts. However, I would like to capture those topics that most interest you. Therefore, I’ve put together a short survey (see the link below) for everyone to weigh-in on the subject. I will keep this open for a couple of weeks and once closed, I will publish...
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R Blog Readers Survey
I’ve almost achieved my goal of a minimum of 100 quality responses. I will keep the survey open for a couple more days, so if you haven’t responded, please feel free to have a crack at it.Regards,Coryhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7DY8DYH Related To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their bl...
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Results of the Readers’ Survey
First of all, let me say “Thank You” to all of the 357 people who completed the survey. I was hoping for 100, so needless to say the response blew away my expectations. This endeavor seems like a worthwhile effort to do once a year. Next year I will refine the questionnaire based on what I’ve learned. Perhaps this can this can evolve ...
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Causality in Time Series – A look at 2 R packages (CausalImpact and Changepoint)
My first blog post on Perceivant.comhttp://perceivant.com/causality-time-series-determining-impact-marketing-interventions/ Related To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: Fear and Loathing in Data Science. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about lear...
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Cluster Analysis of the NFL’s Top Wide Receivers
“The time has come to get deeply into football. It is the only thing we have left that ain’t fixed.”Hunter S. Thompson, Hey Rube Column, November 9, 2004I have to confess that I haven’t been following the NFL this year as much as planned or hoped. On only 3 or 4 occasions this year have I been able to achieve a catatonic state while wat...
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NFL Cluster Analysis…Part 2
Another post on Cluster Analysis and the NFL, this time on the Perceivant.com blog.http://perceivant.com/nfl-ranking-cluster-analysis/ Related To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: Fear and Loathing in Data Science. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials...
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Machine Learning with R
My effort on machine learning with R is now available. The book is available on amazon.com and packtpub.com. A preview is also available on scribd.com at this link: https://www.scribd.com/book/287699993/Mastering-Machine-Learning-with-R Related To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog...
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Plotting Russian AiRstRikes in SyRia
“Who do we think will rise if Assad falls?”“Do we have a “government in a box” that we think we can fly to Damascus and put into power if the Syrian army collapses, the regime falls and ISIS approaches the capital?”“Have we forgotten the lesson of “Animal Farm”? When the animals revolt and take over the farm, the pigs wind up in...
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