Apr 8, 2016
Review of Meta-Analysis with R in JSS
I have another review in the Journal of Statistical Software on the book Meta-Analysis with R . From the review, Meta-analysis is a set of analytical tools that allows us to collect…
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Apr 6, 2016
Come see my talk on Maryland's stormwater problem at Ignite Baltimore #18
Hey everyone, Ignite Baltimore has announced the lineup for Ignite Baltimore 18 and I am pleased to say I am there. I will be talking about Maryland's stormwater management problem. I was…
Apr 2, 2016
2016 Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
I spent today at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition as part of an MDDF mission. The competition pits college teams around the region against each other as they run a model…
Apr 1, 2016
JSM 2016
I received word back from the 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings. As noted back in February, I proposed to JSM a presentation on retrospective social discount rates. This came from my dissertation and…
Mar 31, 2016
Flooding and Cost-Benefit Analysis in Manville, New Jersey
There's a story from Manville, New Jersey, about flooding and cost-benefit analysis, and that's my bag, baby. Here's the story: ::embed{href="http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/the-flood-zone/2016/03/24/army-corps-manville-flooding-youre-your-own/82206640/"} Long story short, The Army Corps of Engineers said no to…
Mar 30, 2016
Phonics v0.7.3 with Cologne Phonetic
Version 0.7.3 of the Phonics software package posted to CRAN overnight. This new version includes support for the Cologne (Kölner) phonetic spelling algorithm. Cologne had been in for about a month, but…
Mar 29, 2016
Learn About Flood Insurance When Renting
Kayda Norman with QuoteWizard, the insurance purchasing website, interviewed me for a new article on the ins and outs of flood insurance for renters. A Preferred Risk Policy gives coverage for both…
Mar 25, 2016
Chernobyl as Brownfield
There's an interesting article about possibly using the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone[^nextmonth] to store radioactive materials. That's interesting, and probably stupid, but that's not important right now. What struck me is a comment…
Mar 21, 2016
What to Do When Tornados Strike
Roomi, a website connecting potential roommates, has just opened up services in Texas. To help renters in Texas prepare for the worst, Emma Goddard interviewed me about how to prepare for a…
Mar 12, 2016
An Observation on Central Bank Coordination
There's an interesting story about a typo and an electronic robbery from the Bangladesh Bank. Basically, a bunch of hackers issued fake transfer orders for the Bangladesh Bank account at the New…
Mar 8, 2016
Now is the Time for Stormwater Reform
The Howard County Council has killed the plan to remove the stormwater remediation fee: ::embed{href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ellicott-city/ph-ho-cf-council-vote-0310-20160307-story.html"} This is good, but as I wrote in January, the real motivation for the stormwater fee is…