http://www.mihiretukebede.com/ This is Mihiretu Kebede(PhD)'s personal website. Distill Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede (PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2026-02-20-iptw-and-msm In this post, I will go through a basic introduction to the Inverse Probability Weighting and Marginal Structural Models for estimating the causal effects of a treatment on an outcome. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2026-02-20-iptw-and-msm Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede (PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2025-11-20-propensity-score-matching In this post, I will go through a basic introduction to the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method for estimating the causal effects of a treatment on an outcome. PSM is one of the most commonly implemented methods in observational RWE studies. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2025-11-20-propensity-score-matching Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2025-09-27-elegant-forest-plot In this post I reproduce an elegant JAMA forest plot using R and Python. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2025-09-27-elegant-forest-plot Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2025-09-24-vizualizing-global-testosterone-levels-by-country Scrapping global testosterone data from the world population review website and vizualizing it Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2025-09-24-vizualizing-global-testosterone-levels-by-country Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2023-03-30-quantile-regression This is a quick demonstration of quantile regression in R Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2023-03-30-quantile-regression Sun, 02 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-27-text-machine-learning Machine learning methods for document classification. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-27-text-machine-learning Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-12-09-2020-12-09-documentclassification-using-regularized-models Classifying abstracts using regularized models: covid-19 or sars-2003? Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-12-09-2020-12-09-documentclassification-using-regularized-models Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2021-06-07-scraping-individual-participant-data-from-scatter-plots In this blog post, I demonstrated how to easily scrap individual participant data by digitizing a scatter plot of an old publication. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2021-06-07-scraping-individual-participant-data-from-scatter-plots Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/NA-corr-plot-python-vs-r Correlation heat map in R and Python Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/NA-corr-plot-python-vs-r Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2021-08-13-corr-plot-python-vs-r Correlation heat map in R and Python http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2021-08-13-corr-plot-python-vs-r Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-09-30-2020-09-30-plotting-model-coefficients-in-a-forest-plot How to plot model coefficients in a forest plot. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-09-30-2020-09-30-plotting-model-coefficients-in-a-forest-plot Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-10-2020-08-10-text-analysis-of-covid-publications This blog post is a continuation of my previous blog post on applications of text mining on sampled COVI19 publications. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-10-2020-08-10-text-analysis-of-covid-publications Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-04-2020-08-04-abiyahmed Let's have some fun in visualizing Facebook reactions to prime minister Abiy Ahmed's Facebook posts (June 24 to August 09). This post is an updated version. The previous analysis was only until August 5. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-04-2020-08-04-abiyahmed Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede (PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-03-2020-08-03-covid19 Let's have a quick overview of what on COVID-19 related records were added in PubMed on August 03/2020. Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-08-03-2020-08-03-covid19 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-07-25-2020-07-25-diabetesprevalenceeurope This is a quick demonstration of diabetes prevalence in six European countries. The data are from the the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-07-25-2020-07-25-diabetesprevalenceeurope Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede(PhD) http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-07-19-animating-scatter-plots Creating `Gif` for scatter plots Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-07-19-animating-scatter-plots Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Mihiretu Kebede http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-07-13-Animating-bar-graphs_files Here we will have a quick look on how to create `Gif` or animated bar plots Data Science http://www.mihiretukebede.com/posts/2020-07-13-Animating-bar-graphs_files Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000