Home

Author

Steven J. Pierce

Modified

2026-07-19

Welcome my personal website! This is where I share materials on reproducible research, statistical collaboration and consulting, and other topics I find interesting.

Check out my page on software for doing reproducible research with R. That’s a crucial part of my toolbox, so I share those notes with other people who want to adopt the tools I have found most useful.

Guiding Principles for Enhancing Reproducibility

Quarto Tips

Reproducible Research

Collaboration Principle

Organization Principle

Automation Principle

Preservation Principle

Integration Principle

Separation Principle

Some principles I use to guide decisions about reproducibility.

rr_principles.qmd

HTML vs. PDF Output

Quarto Tips

Reproducible Research

Choosing between Quarto output formats.

html_vs_pdf.qmd

Assessing Missing Data

Quarto Tips

Missing Data

R

Examples of Assessing Missing Data.

assess_missing_data.qmd

Draft vs. Production Output

Quarto Tips

Reproducible Research

Separation Principle

How I use Quarto to separate draft from production output files.

draft_vs_production.qmd

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Welcome my personal website! This is where I share materials on reproducible 
research, statistical collaboration and consulting, and other topics I find 
interesting.  

Check out my page on 
[software for doing reproducible research with R](rr_software.qmd). That's a 
crucial part of my toolbox, so I share those notes with other people who want 
to adopt the tools I have found most useful.