Implementing Binary Logistic Regression in R

Logistic regression attempts to solve a class of problems which sound more simple than linear regression. In the latter, we want to find a line (or plane, or hyper-plane) which best predicts an average numerical value for some data based on our…

A Quick Explanation of Single Firm Event Studies

Of Data and Dairy Farmers

I don’t have a stake in agriculture past my consumption of the products, but I’ve heard rumblings about the state of the dairy industry in the US. What I’ve attempted to do here is come to a conclusion about the cause of closures in US dairy farms using publicly available data to…

Data Analysis for Ultramarathon Training

Ultramarathon training is an area where I was able to find a limited amount of actual…

Dix Semaines de Francais: Un post bref

I just finished my tenth week of French and am finally feeling if not at home in my new language, at least as a welcome visitor.

This will be a brief post. I’ve had a lot going on in the past two weeks so while I’ve been able to keep up…

Huit Semaines de Francais: Ça va bien!

Another productive week of learning French! I had my first conversation and am feeling much more confident with my new language. However, this also means that I am becoming less of a pure beginner and will have to begin moving forward with a serious plan based…