Publications by atmathew
Semiparametric Regression in R
A. INTRODUCTION When building statistical models, the goal is to define a compact and parsimonious mathematical representation of some data generating process. Many of these techniques require that one make assumptions about the data or how the analysis is specified. For example, Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models require th...
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Examining the Tweeting Patterns of Prominent Crossfit Gyms
A. Introduction The growth of Crossfit has been one of the biggest developments in the fitness industry over the past decade. Promoted as both a physical exercise philosophy and also as a competitive fitness sport, Crossfit is a high-intensity fitness program incorporating elements from several sports and exercise protocols such as high-intensit...
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Powerlytics: Impact of Age, Gender, and Body Weight on Total Weight Lifted in Powerlifting Meets
A. Background The Open Powerlifting initiative attempts to create an accurate and open archive of all powerlifting meet data throughout the world. As someone who recently started competing again after a six year delay from powerlifting, I often mess around with the Open Powerlifting data as it’s of personal interest. Most of the anlysis that I...
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Writing Functions in R: Example One
A. Background In previous posts, I covered a number of useful functions and packages for writing reusable code. I wanted to extend on that information by providing a working example of how to put together a function. In particular, I will walk through the process of generating a function that executes evaluation of a time series. Going through...
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