Onyi LaminTowards Data ScienceGot GAM? a flexible modeling approach that preserves interpretabilityThe middle ground alternative to linear regression and deep neural networkJul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020
Onyi LamWhy I built Jicount.com — an effort to introduce more transparency in peer reviewNo matter how successful you are as a researcher, chances are, your papers have been rejected by academic journals at least once. The peer…Aug 18, 2019Aug 18, 2019
Onyi LaminTowards Data ScienceUsing Dimensionality Reduction to Visualize Job PolarizationIn this post, we illustrate how dimensionality reduction techniques including principal component analysis (PCA) and multidimensional…May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
Onyi LaminPew Research Center: DecodedHow social scientists can use transfer learning to kickstart a deep learning projectSocial scientists are increasingly adopting machine learning methods to analyze large amounts of text, images and other kinds of data.Jan 30, 2019Jan 30, 2019
Onyi LaminPew Research Center: DecodedUsing fixed and random effects models for panel data in PythonIdentifying causal relationships from observational data is not easy. Still, researchers are often interested in examining the effects of…Dec 3, 20184Dec 3, 20184
Onyi LaminPew Research Center: DecodedDetecting subjectivity and tone with automated text analysis toolsThere are a variety of tools that can help researchers analyze large volumes of written material. In this post, I’ll examine two of these…Jul 26, 20182Jul 26, 20182
Onyi LaminPew Research Center: DecodedUsing APIs to collect website dataMany researchers are interested in obtaining new kinds of data directly from websites. But collecting large amounts of data from a website…Jun 27, 2018Jun 27, 2018
Onyi LamMachine Learning: A Toy Example for PractitionerMachine learning has generated a lot of buzz in the last few years. From self-driving car to product recommendation, tools developed in AI…Dec 13, 2016Dec 13, 2016