Name: JBrandon Duck-Mayr
Type: User
Company: The University of Texas at Austin
Bio: Assistant Professor of Government, UT Austin. I study political institutions, particularly US courts. Repos are mostly for my research or custom stats packages
Twitter: jb_duckmayr
Blog: jbduckmayr.com
JBrandon Duck-Mayr's Projects
R tools for a Bayesian approach to estimating Generalized Graded Unfolding Model (GGUM) (Roberts, Donoghue, and Laughlin 2000) parameters
Stuff for PS 4625
draft provides R Markdown templates for political science journals
Replication code and data for "Ends Against the Middle: Measuring Latent Traits When Opposites Respond the Same Way for Antithetical Reasons"
Course materials for Intro to Formal Political Analysis
GGUM
Repository for "Inference in Gaussian Process Models for Political Science"
GP for Dummies study group code
Provides an MCMC sampler and related tools for a Gaussian Process IRT model
Replication data and code for "GPIRT: A Gaussian Process Model for Item Response Theory"
R Tools for Calling the 'GPML' toolkit's Matlab functions for Gaussian process inference and prediction
Gaussian process models for social science
Gaussian Process Regression for Regression Discontinuity Designs
A collection of functions for dropping assignments, curving exams, and more
Simple instructions for installing or updating R on Ubuntu Linux or Linux Mint
MegaMek is a networked Java clone of BattleTech, a turn-based sci-fi boardgame for 2+ players. Fight using giant robots, tanks, and/or infantry on a hex-based map.
An example of how to create an R package that utilizes C++ code that calls Fortran code
Finds and installs the latest available version of R packages for older versions of R
Problem Set 5