Building R packages: missing path to pdflatex

Recently whiling trying to build an R package for generalized estimating equation model selection (QICpack on github), I was getting an error related to latex creating the PDF package manuals. It seems like this is a relatively common problem on some versions of Mac OS X, but I did not find it easy to find…

Model Validation: Interpreting Residual Plots

When conducting any statistical analysis it is important to evaluate how well the model fits the data and that the data meet the assumptions of the model. There are numerous ways to do this and a variety of statistical tests to evaluate deviations from model assumptions. However, there is little general acceptance of any of…