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The Hobbyist

Matt Kmiecik

A blog about my endless pursuit of hobbies and learning experiences through science.

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Latest Issues

Scaling variables in R

Herein I present a walkthrough of a recent improvement I made to my analyses when scaling (i.e., normalizing) variables.

Readers looking for a more R-friendly version to read, click here!

Scaling or normalizing variables in R is super c...

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Labeling facets in ggplot2

In a previous post, I wrote about how using ChatGPT for R suggestions has taught me some really cool tips and tricks.

Here’s another post about one of these cool tips that I recently learned; one that I probably should have known long befo...

a year ago
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Parkinson's Disease 101: Environment and Lifestyle

Brain sketched on chalkboard with a helmet, a double stranded DNA molecule, and a cup of coffee. Created in Canva using Magic Studio.

For the last two months I wrote about Parkinson’s in an effort to raise awareness and money for this deva...

a year ago
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Parkinson's Disease 101: Polygenic Risk

Brain sketched on chalkboard with a double stranded DNA molecule and city skyline. Created in Canva using Magic Studio.

Follow along with me: Parkinson’s Disease 101 will be a four-part series!

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For the next two months I’ll...

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Parkinson's Disease 101: Genetics

Brain sketched on chalkboard with a double stranded DNA molecule and its nucleotide bases expressed as letters: A, T, G, C. Created in Canva using Magic Studio.

Follow along with me: Parkinson’s Disease 101 will be a four-part series!

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