/ Recent content on Corey S. Sparks, PhD - Data and Demography Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /2017/07/13/using-r-to-examine-the-world-population-datasheet/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /2017/07/13/using-r-to-examine-the-world-population-datasheet/ Using R to examine the world population datasheet code{white-space: pre;} pre:not([class]) { background-color: white; } if (window.hljs && document.readyState && document.readyState === "complete") { window.setTimeout(function() { hljs.initHighlighting(); }, 0); } h1 { font-size: 34px; } h1.title { font-size: 38px; } h2 { font-size: 30px; } h3 { font-size: 24px; } h4 { font-size: 18px; } h5 { font-size: 16px; } h6 { font-size: 12px; } . /2016/12/30/a-plain-markdown-post/ Fri, 30 Dec 2016 21:49:57 -0700 /2016/12/30/a-plain-markdown-post/ This is a post written in plain Markdown (*.md) instead of R Markdown (*.Rmd). The major differences are: You cannot run any R code in a plain Markdown document, whereas in an R Markdown document, you can embed R code chunks (```{r}); A plain Markdown post is rendered through Blackfriday, and an R Markdown document is compiled by rmarkdown and Pandoc. There are many differences in syntax between Blackfriday’s Markdown and Pandoc’s Markdown. /about/ Thu, 05 May 2016 21:48:51 -0700 /about/ I am an associate professor in the Department of Demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio. My research focuses primarily on spatial and statistical demography. Substantively, I am interested in human health disparities, food security, historical demography and demography of anthropological populations. My teaching focuses on the use and application of advanced statistical techniques including hierarchical modeling, hazard modeling, multivariate methods and spatial statistics in human population analysis. /2015/07/23/hello-r-markdown/ Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:13:14 -0500 /2015/07/23/hello-r-markdown/ R Markdown This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com. You can embed an R code chunk like this: summary(cars) ## speed dist ## Min. : 4.0 Min. : 2.00 ## 1st Qu.:12.0 1st Qu.: 26.00 ## Median :15.0 Median : 36.00 ## Mean :15.4 Mean : 42.98 ## 3rd Qu.