A few months ago I set out to write an R package for accessing the Maps API with my employer’s (paid) Google for Work/Premium account. At the time, I was unable to find an R package that could generate the encrypted signature, send the URL to Google... [Read more...]

After many years of hard work I’m thrilled to announce that the collaborative research project Michael Dreiling and I began in 2000 has been published with Cambridge University Press! Our book, Agents of Neoliberal Globalization can be purchased dir... [Read more...]

Several years ago our team began using SurveyGizmo for our online surveys (and, actually, a bunch of other projects as well, from polls to data entry templates). At the time, SurveyGizmo provided a nice balance between cost and customization when compared to similar products from, e.g., Qualtrics and SurveyMonkey. ... [Read more...]

In recent years there’s been a great deal of interest in, and work toward, creating more “reproducible” statistical code. I think this is a fantastic development. Looking at code I wrote in the late 90’s and early oughts, it’s clear how much ... [Read more...]