Joey Merrin
@gjmerrin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in HDFS @SyracuseU
Healthy Adolescent Development | Transition to Young Adulthood | Prevention Science | Longitudinal Quantitative Methods
Healthy Adolescent Development | Transition to Young Adulthood | Prevention Science | Longitudinal Quantitative Methods
Better demographic methods = better science = better interventions. CATAcode won't eliminate researcher power in categorization, but it makes those decisions visible and encourages self-reflexive practice.
CATAcode is officially on CRAN!
Paper coming soon
knickodem.github.io/CATAcode/
CATAcode is officially on CRAN!
Paper coming soon
knickodem.github.io/CATAcode/
Explore and Code Responses to Check-All-that-Apply Survey Items
Analyzing responses to check-all-that-apply survey items often requires data transformations and subjective decisions for combining categories. CATAcode contains tools for exploring response patterns,...
knickodem.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Better demographic methods = better science = better interventions. CATAcode won't eliminate researcher power in categorization, but it makes those decisions visible and encourages self-reflexive practice.
CATAcode is officially on CRAN!
Paper coming soon
knickodem.github.io/CATAcode/
CATAcode is officially on CRAN!
Paper coming soon
knickodem.github.io/CATAcode/
The multiracial population in the U.S. grew by 276% from 2010 to 2020. Yet, researchers often lump anyone with multiple identities into a heterogeneous and nonsensical "Other" category. As a multiracial researcher, I know the frustration of being forced to choose or being made invisible in data.
September 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The multiracial population in the U.S. grew by 276% from 2010 to 2020. Yet, researchers often lump anyone with multiple identities into a heterogeneous and nonsensical "Other" category. As a multiracial researcher, I know the frustration of being forced to choose or being made invisible in data.
CATAcode assists you in exploring all identity combinations in your data, making transparent decisions about merging & prioritizing categories, and managing longitudinal fluctuations. Works for any CATA items!
cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
CATAcode Overview
cran.r-project.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
CATAcode assists you in exploring all identity combinations in your data, making transparent decisions about merging & prioritizing categories, and managing longitudinal fluctuations. Works for any CATA items!
cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
cran.r-project.org/web/packages...