For my academic research, I usually prefer to write down a manuscript using LaTeX instead of MS Word, for obvious reasons; the latter is far away from being math friendly! Now, when you submit your work for peer-review, if you are lucky enough to get past the editor and get a second chance from the […]
Category: Educational
Turn Notepad++ into an IDE for R.
Lately, I have been using Notepad++ as an R IDE. There are many reasons on why it might (or might not) be a good idea to abandon RStudio for a more lightweight option like Notepad++ for example. However, in this post I’m not gonna argue about which one is better, but rather I will show […]
Bayesian data analysis of extreme values with Stan and rstan.
In this post, I’m gonna provide an introductory tutorial for fitting an extreme value distribution via Bayesian analysis with Stan and its R interface, rstan. Stan is a probabilistic programming language written in C++ suitable for Bayesian inference and rstan is a package providing access to Stan thru R. More about Stan can be found […]
Books about uncertainty.
Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “…but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes“. Recently, I finished reading a book (the 3rd on the list below from left to right) regarding uncertainty in one’s everyday life and how can an individual quantify risks, make sense out of probabilities, and make good predictions about her/his future. […]