Nathan VanHoudnos

Pittsburgh, PA

http://edustatistics.org/nathanvan/

I'm a postdoc at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. My PhD in Statistics and Public Policy is from Carnegie Mellon University.

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display a matrix, including the values, as a heatmap

r heatmap asked Sep 24, 2010 at 17:32

stackoverflow.com

21 votes

How to setup testthat for R CMD check?

r testthat asked Jul 11, 2013 at 14:15

stackoverflow.com

12 votes

How can I get R's lapply (and mclapply) to restore the state of the random number generator?

r random lapply mclapply asked Jul 7, 2012 at 19:08

stackoverflow.com

10 votes

Does there exist a model fit statistic (like AIC or BIC) that can be used for absolute instead of just relative comparisons?

model-selection aic bic asked Jul 22, 2011 at 13:32

stats.stackexchange.com

9 votes

How do I transition from using C++ with inline to making my own R package?

r package inline rcpp asked Jul 12, 2012 at 16:57

stackoverflow.com

8 votes

How to write about transgender issues while avoiding cognitive dissonance?

style grammar gender asked Jun 8, 2015 at 15:23

writing.stackexchange.com

8 votes

When writing an R package that uses the Matrix package, why do I have to specify Matrix::t() instead of just t()?

r namespaces sparse-matrix asked Jul 10, 2013 at 21:09

stackoverflow.com

6 votes

Legend in Base R: Can fill refrain from drawing boxes on some lines? Can fill draw boxes that cover the whole symbol?

r graphics fill legend asked Apr 2, 2011 at 2:06

stackoverflow.com

6 votes

Pseudo inverse of a product of two matrices with different rank

linear-algebra matrices inverse asked Aug 1, 2013 at 16:37

math.stackexchange.com

6 votes

How to cross-reference inside of a verbatim (or listings) environment

cross-referencing listings verbatim asked Jul 4, 2012 at 21:05

tex.stackexchange.com