Search Results for author: Benjamin S. Baumer

Found 6 papers, 5 papers with code

Creating optimal conditions for reproducible data analysis in R with 'fertile'

1 code implementation18 Aug 2020 Audrey M. Bertin, Benjamin S. Baumer

The advancement of scientific knowledge increasingly depends on ensuring that data-driven research is reproducible: that two people with the same data obtain the same results.

Computers and Society Computation K.3.2; K.7.4

Greater data science at baccalaureate institutions

no code implementations24 Oct 2017 Amelia McNamara, Nicholas J. Horton, Benjamin S. Baumer

Donoho's JCGS (in press) paper is a spirited call to action for statisticians, who he points out are losing ground in the field of data science by refusing to accept that data science is its own domain.

A Grammar for Reproducible and Painless Extract-Transform-Load Operations on Medium Data

3 code implementations23 Aug 2017 Benjamin S. Baumer

Many interesting data sets available on the Internet are of a medium size---too big to fit into a personal computer's memory, but not so large that they won't fit comfortably on its hard disk.

Computation 62-07, 68U99

How often does the best team win? A unified approach to understanding randomness in North American sport

1 code implementation21 Jan 2017 Michael J. Lopez, Gregory J. Matthews, Benjamin S. Baumer

Statistical applications in sports have long centered on how to best separate signal (e. g. team talent) from random noise.

Applications

Teaching precursors to data science in introductory and second courses in statistics

1 code implementation14 Jan 2014 Nicholas J. Horton, Benjamin S. Baumer, Hadley Wickham

Statistics students need to develop the capacity to make sense of the staggering amount of information collected in our increasingly data-centered world.

Computation Computers and Society Other Statistics 62-07

openWAR: An Open Source System for Evaluating Overall Player Performance in Major League Baseball

1 code implementation26 Dec 2013 Benjamin S. Baumer, Shane T. Jensen, Gregory J. Matthews

Within baseball analytics, there is substantial interest in comprehensive statistics intended to capture overall player performance.

Applications 62P99

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