DAMCA Companion

Introduction

This under construction site is the result of my engagement with Data Analysis: A Model Comparison Approach to Regression, ANOVA, and Beyond by Josh Correll, Abigail M. Folberg, Charles M. Judd, Gary H. McClelland, Carey S. Ryan.

The book is great and I chose it recently as it “thinks” about models the way I have tried to teach for years. I think it’s also pitched at a good level for sociology (etc.) graduate students who don’t have much stats background and for advanced social/behavioral science undergrads.

I wanted to supplement the text myself for three main reasons:

1. The book itself doesn’t have any code and the accompanying instructor/student resources are written in base R. I wanted to translate things to tidyverse style to fit my own and my students’ preferred usage.

2. The book focuses on analytical approaches whereas I find it useful to demonstrate most concepts using simulation.

3. I wanted a reason to fool around systematically with tinyplot. I’m usually a {ggplot2} person, but for some reason I’ve been obsessed with {tinyplot} lately. Am I eventually going to regret this unholy alliance of tidyverse and tinyplot? Maybe. But not today!

Enjoy!