Hate in NY state?

Hierarchical and Mixed Effects Models in R

Richard Erickson

Data Scientist

Overview of data

• Data from Data.gov
• Collected by New York State
• Includes county, year, crime type (against property or person), and group targeted

Questions with data

• Is the state-wide number of hate crimes changing?
• Are the number of hate crimes changing differently in each county?

Know your target audiences

• Technical details
• Figures versus tables

Presenting for "pop" audiences

• Narrative important
• Avoid bogged down with details

Presenting for scientific audiences

• Reproducibility
• Technical details
• Code
• Match style of your field

Let's practice!

Hierarchical and Mixed Effects Models in R