As I have worked on various projects at Etsy, I have accumulated a suite of functions that help me quickly produce tables and charts that I find useful. Because of the nature of iterative developme…| Hilary Parker
I live (and work!) near one of the most beautiful vantage points for sunsets in possibly the entire US. However almost every beautiful sunset I have seen from there has come from either 1) me walki…| Hilary Parker
AND NOW I HAVE THE BEST DOPPELGANGER OF ALL TIME!!! The name “Hilary” continues to do me proud.| Hilary Parker
I came across this R package on GitHub, and it made me so excited that I decided to write a post about it. It’s a compilation by Karl Broman of various R functions that he’s found helpf…| Hilary Parker
Stemming from the p-value discussion yesterday and today, I thought it’d be a good time to share my favorite TED talk, given by Art Benjamin. “The world has changed from analog to digit…| Hilary Parker
Last night on twitter there was a bit of a firestorm over this New York Times snippet about p-values (here is my favorite twitter-snark response). While the article has a surprising number of contr…| Hilary Parker
Just a quick post to say that my blog piece about the name “Hilary” got picked up by The Cut — a part of New York Magazine! Go check it out!| Hilary Parker
I’ve always had a special fondness for my name, which — according to Ryan Gosling in “Lars and the Real Girl” — is a scientific fact for most people (Ryan Gosling cons…| Hilary Parker
Sometimes this is my life. But it’s so satisfying when you write a program that saves you time! Here is an example. The Problem: For several years at Hopkins I have been involved in teaching…| Hilary Parker
My derby wife Logistic Aggression (aka Hanna Wallach) posted a fantastic essay (via her blog) about things she’s learned from roller derby. Some points are pretty derby specific, and some are…| Hilary Parker