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Building a statistical model for field goal kicker accuracy

December 7, 2019 | R on Jacob Long

This is the methodological companion to my post on my proposed method for evaluating NFL kickers. To get all the results and some extra info about the data, check it out. When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, right? Well I'm a big fan of multilevel models ... [Read more...]

Does news coverage boost support for presidential candidates in the Democratic primary?

September 28, 2019 | R on Jacob Long

Matt Grossmann noted the close relationship between the amount of news coverage candidates in the Democratic primary have been receiving and their polling numbers. Presidential candidate poll standing & prior week cable TV news share are correlated at .9Harris got a bump in news coverage after the 1st debate that faded ...

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Comparing `panelr` and `plm`

May 20, 2019 | R on Jacob Long

It has been just a little more than a day since I announced my new R package, panelr, to the wider world. My new #rstats package, panelr, is now on CRAN. Learn more about this package that has become essential for my workflow with panel data here: https://t.co/1... [Read more...]

A new package for panel data analysis in R

May 18, 2019 | R on Jacob Long

It has been a long time coming, but my R package panelr is now on CRAN. Since I started work on it well over a year ago, it has become essential to my own workflow and I hope it can be useful for others. panel_data object class One key ... [Read more...]

A new package for panel data analysis in R

May 18, 2019 | R on Jacob Long

It has been a long time coming, but my R package panelr is now on CRAN. Since I started work on it well over a year ago, it has become essential to my own workflow and I hope it can be useful for others. panel_data object class One key ...

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Generate correlation matrices with complex survey data in R

February 5, 2017 | R on Jacob Long

The survey package is one of R’s best tools for those working in the social sciences. For many, it saves you from needing to use commercial software for research that uses survey data. However, it lacks one function that many academic researchers often need to report in publications: correlations. ... [Read more...]

Generate correlation matrices with complex survey data in R

February 5, 2017 | R on Jacob Long

The survey package is one of R’s best tools for those working in the social sciences. For many, it saves you from needing to use commercial software for research that uses survey data. However, it lacks one function that many academic researchers often need to report in publications: correlations. ... [Read more...]

Generate correlation matrices with complex survey data in R

February 5, 2017 | R on Jacob Long

The survey package is one of R's best tools for those working in the social sciences. For many, it saves you from needing to use commercial software for research that uses survey data. However, it lacks one function that many academic researchers often need to report in publications: correlations. The ... [Read more...]

Some R basics for SPSS users

November 20, 2016 | R on Jacob Long

There are a lot of reasons to use R instead of my field’s standby software, SPSS. With that said, I won’t get into them here. Instead, I just want to talk about a few things in R that might help a beginner get the hang of it. If ...

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Some R basics for SPSS users

November 20, 2016 | R on Jacob Long

There are a lot of reasons to use R instead of my field's standby software, SPSS. With that said, I won't get into them here. Instead, I just want to talk about a few things in R that might help a beginner get the hang of it. If you're moving ...