Brent Kaplan
Data Scientist
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrent Kaplan is a data scientist with a decade of experience applying behavioral economics and experimental psychology to real-world problems, currently at Advocates for Human Potential. He combines rigorous experimental design and advanced statistical methods—multilevel modeling and Bayesian analysis—with practical data pipelines implemented primarily in R. Brent has an extensive publication and presentation record (70+ peer-reviewed articles, 40+ invited talks), plus service as a reviewer for 30+ journals, reflecting deep academic credibility. He builds tools to democratize methods, maintaining two R packages (beezdemand, beezdiscounting) and the shinybeez R Shiny app for accessible behavioral economic analyses. His background spans academia and funded NIH projects, where he turned complex human-subject data into actionable insights that influenced policy-relevant research.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Behavioral Science & Psychology (dual majors), Bachelor's degree, Applied Behavioral Science & Psychology (dual majors) at University of Kansas
Github Skills (6)
reticulate6
mturk5
r2
delay1
procedures1
r-package1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
brentkaplan/beezdemand
Apr 2017 - Oct 2020
Behavioral Economic Easy Demand
Contributions:1 release, 108 commits, 7 PRs in 3 years 6 months
economicbehavioraldemand
brentkaplan/beezdiscounting
Oct 2023 - Jun 2026
Contributions:3 releases, 31 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
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