Category Archives for "Data Science"

How to Automate Statistical Analysis using RMarkdown

In this post, you will learn how to repeat certain analysis using R and RMarkdown. Recently, I saw many dissertations on higher education fundraising in which the researchers had used a data set, selected some variables, ran correlation or association as well as significance tests, and built a logistic regression model on the selected variables. […]

All Data Has A Story. Here’s How to Tell it

All Data Has A Story. Here’s How to Tell it As data scientists, we all know the power of data. It provides hard evidence for things that are working (or not), it allows us to test our assumptions, and it helps us make better decisions. But there’s one thing data can help with that often gets […]

How to Use OpenAI’s GPT-2 to Create an AI Writer

In a recent article, I wrote about using Markov Chains and OpenAI’s GPT-2 to generate text. After writing that article, I wondered: how can I use the GPT-2 models to train my own AI writer to mimic someone else’s writing? I didn’t have to search for too long. Using these fascinating and helpful articles on creating poetry and writing […]

Automated Reports and Dashboards in R

Have you wondered how to create automated reports and dashboards in R?  Are there certain dashboards, reports, and presentations that show the same analysis for different categories or regions?Every time the data changes do you have to recalculate the numbers, recreate the charts, and design the slides? Did you wish for an automated statistical reporting system? Look […]

Natural Language Generation with R (sort of)

Introduction “Loyal employees are your best brand ambassadors.” This is the kind of message that gets re-posted and re-shared on LinkedIn. The only exception in this case: a computer program generated this quote. I got tired of seeing the superficial posts on LinkedIn, so I thought I would experiment with natural language generation to create my […]