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I started making tutorials because friends of mine ask me a lot of questions about statistics, and because there's a sparsity of easy tutorials that provide detailed work-through examples.

Tutorials
Linear Mixed Effects Models with R

This is a decidedly conceptual introduction to linear mixed effects models with a detailed work-through example in R. It is intended to be very basic.

pdf version        dataset for the tutorial


Understanding the F distribution and the principle behind ANOVAs

Ever wondered what the F-value actually means? Ever wondered why there are two degrees of freedom associated with F-values? Ever wondered about the stuff that's reported in an ANOVA table such as "Sums of Squares" and "Mean Squares"? If your answer is yes to at least one of these questions, this is your tutorial!

pdf version


Solving the Monty Hall Problem: A super-simple intro to loops and if statements in R

This is a fun tutorial to introduce you in a playful way to loops and if statements in R. Completing this will take not more than 30-45 minutes.

pdf version


Cleaning Reaction Time Data with R

This tutorial is in the making. I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to data cleaning (standard deviation cut-offs, windsorizing), as well as different kinds of transformations.