Spent six years playing Army, another three as a lawyer, and finally settled into being a data and programming guy.
Interests
- Bayesian Data Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Causal Inference
- R Programming
Recent Posts
R Package to Calculate Income Taxes
A joy of programming is making tools to solve your everyday problems. For example, I found myself often having to estimate income taxes on various economic data sets that included income and family characteristics.
Using the Veil of Darkness Test to Evaulate Discrimination in Traffic Stops
The veil of darkness test attempts to uncover racial differences in traffic stop rates. The test, like all tests, has its own weaknesses and should only be seen as additional evidence.
A First Attempt at Bayesian Mediation Analysis
What is mediation analysis? Untangling the Gordian Effects Knot Direct effect the old fashioned way Total effect the old fashioned way Indirect effect (kind-of) the old fashioned way Step 1: Fitting regression models Step 2: Create potential outcome predictions Compare results to mediation package What is mediation analysis?
How Often Do People Get Pulled Over for Speeding in North Carolina?
We all have preconceptions about cops and speeding tickets. That small town is a speed trap. There are more cops out on holidays like the 4th of July and Memorial Day, just waiting to pull people over.
Projects
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usincometaxes
usincometaxes is an R package that calculates federal and state income taxes in the United States.
LSAC-Scrape-R R package
R package that scrapes LSAC admissions summary PDF files.
Easy Place Finder
Shiny app that allows users to identify all organizations within a geographic area based on a search term and download information on all the organizations into a single spreadsheet.
Benefits Cliff Simulator
Simulation of public benefit levels given income and family size. Simulations conducted in R and plots created with JavaScript.
Law School Bar Passage Rates
Shiny app highlighting the relationship between a law school’s bar passage rate and its average undergraduate GPA and LSAT score.
Contact
- Winston-Salem, NC