Author: R Views

One hundred eighty-nine new packages made it to CRAN in June. Here are my “Top 40” selections in eleven categories: Computational Methods, Data, Ecology, Genomics, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Medicine, Statistics,...continue reading.

Beginning with the invitation-only 2016 Shiny Developer Conference, Shiny has played a prominent part in all RStudio conferences, and rstudio::conf(2022) is no exception. Two workshops and eighteen talks showcase Shiny’s...continue reading.

Dr Maria Prokofieva is a member of the R / Business working group which is promoting the use of R in accounting, auditing, and actuarial work. She is also a...continue reading.

One hundred seventy-nine new packages made it to CRAN in May. Here are my “Top 40” picks in twelve categories: Computational Methods, Data, Ecology, Epidemiology, Finance, Machine Learning, Networks, Science,...continue reading.

Frank Harrell’s new eBook, R Workflow, which aims to: “to foster best practices in reproducible data documentation and manipulation, statistical analysis, graphics, and reporting” is an ambitious document that is...continue reading.

hmer v1.0.1: Provides objects and functions for Bayes Linear emulation and history matching, including functions for automated training of emulators, diagnostic functions to ensure suitability, and a variety of methods...continue reading.

This post on R Views is about… Python! Surprising, I know. Python has several well-written packages for statistics and data science, but CRAN, R’s central repository, contains thousands of packages...continue reading.

Even when filtering by the relatively sober #rstats hashtag, I find twitter to be the stream of consciousness of an undisciplined collective mind: disjoint and ephemeral. Nevertheless, on any given...continue reading.

Two hundred and six new packages stuck to CRAN in March. Here are my “Top 40” selections in thirteen categories: Computational Methods, Data, Finance, Game Theory, Genomics, Machine Learning, Medicine,...continue reading.

This is a guest post from Gary Hutson, lead of Machine Learning at Crisp Thinking, a company that provides AI solutions to moderate and detect offensive and abusive content online....continue reading.

Enes Gencer is a lead data scientist at Doktar and a graduate of Tilburg University (Research Master, Economics). Enes’ interests include data science problems in Economics, Finance, and Agriculture. Inflation...continue reading.

February was a good month for new R packages on CRAN. Here are my “Top 40” selections from the two hundred packages that arrived in thirteen categories: Computational Methods, “Data”,...continue reading.

The 2022 R Conference season is already underway. Here is a list of upcoming conferences that we know about. If we have missed your conference, please write to us with...continue reading.

Today, I want to write about “data challenges”, where participants partake in a series of prompts designed for a variety of skill sets and levels. These challenges are opportunities to...continue reading.

Two Hundred and two new packages made it to CRAN in January. Several were in applications areas that don’t show up very often, and a few of these made it...continue reading.

Arthur Holtz is a Senior FP&A Manager at Shipt, but don’t let the title mislead you — he spends most of his days buried in databases and R, analyzing data....continue reading.

If you are a regular R Views reader, then you know that every month I post my Top 40 picks for new CRAN packages. In this post, I’ll borrow some...continue reading.

Andrea Luciani is a Technical Advisor for the Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research at the Bank of Italy, and co-author of the bimets package. In this post, I...continue reading.

One hundred thirty-four new packages made it to CRAN last December. Here are my “Top 40” picks in eight categories: Data, Genomics, Machine Learning, Medicine, Science, Statistics, Utilities, and Visualization....continue reading.

Welcome to the new year! If you’re itching to improve your R skills in 2022, we have the resource for you. We’re excited to share the Big Book of R....continue reading.