Strategies for Handling Missing Data in R

The sticky awful nights of august are not enough to keep us down. We are happy to announce our august meetup! We are going to host Stephen Haptonstahl at HelloWallet August 30th to discuss missing data. An often overlooked part of every data project, effectively handling missing data can have important effects on your outcomes.

We are also going to start what we hope to be a recurring part of the meetup. We are going to have a short ten minute coding tutorial focusing on R "the language". For all its willful quirks, we love R and we hope to make you just a little better at it. Those who were spinning lapplys out of the womb can sit quietly for ten minutes and those who have never opened an R console can have something to google when you get home.

Bio:

Until earlier this year Steve Haptonstahl was a professor at UC Davis teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in statistics, research design, and political institutions. He is currently working as an Applied Statistician at Berico Technologies, a defense industry contractor specializing in custom solutions for analyzing intelligence data. He holds a PhD in political science, a Master's degree in mathematics, and is a Navy veteran. In short, the mans got skills and we are happy to have him.

You can find him at his blog [ http://haptonstahl.org/polimath ] and [Twitter: @polimath].

Agenda:

6:30 - 7:00 Eat/Drink/Network

7:00 - 7:10 Intro and announcements

7:10 - 7:20 R Coding tutorial

7:20 - 8:40ish Steve lays down the knowledge

8:45 off to beeR!