an arithmetic mean identity
A 2017 paper by Ana Pajor published in Bayesian Analysis addresses my favourite problem [of computing the marginal likelihood] and which I discussed on the ‘Og, linking with another paper...continue reading.
Category: R News
Quickly Create (Mostly) Responsive HTML Columns With {htmltools}
I had need to present a wall-of-text to show off a giant list of SSL certificate alternate names and needed the entire list to fit on one slide (not really...continue reading.
50 Shades of Grey According to R
I’ve been joking about R’s “200 shades of grey” on training courses for a long time. The popularity of… The post 50 Shades of Grey According to R appeared...continue reading.
Data Science & Star Wars: Stakeholder Management in Evil Organisations
Not many people know this, but the First Order (the bad guys from the latest Star Wars films) once… The post Data Science & Star Wars: Stakeholder Management in...continue reading.
Converting LOBSTER demo R code into Python
It has been more than a year since my last post, I’ve been super busy with consulting assignments working on algorithmic/electronic trading. The workload is still heavy but I managed...continue reading.
hardhat 0.1.0
We’re excited to announce that the first version of hardhat is now on CRAN. hardhat is a developer-focused package with the goal of making it easier to create new modeling...continue reading.
tfhub: R interface to TensorFlow Hub
TensorFlow Hub is a library for the publication, discovery, and consumption of reusable parts of machine learning models. A module is a self-contained piece of a TensorFlow graph, along with...continue reading.
Exploring EU wide data on new car registrations and CO2 efficiency
I just found out that here the EU made large data sets available about every newly registered car in the EU (currently from 2012 to 2018). The data set from...continue reading.
SAS Language Clone Now Free for Commercial Use
The WPS Analytics’ version of the SAS language is now available in a Community Edition. This edition allows you to run SAS code on datasets of any size for free....continue reading.
R vs. Python: What’s the best language for Data Science?
This is a question that we at RStudio hear a lot. With the tremendous growth in both languages, and in the application of data science in general, there is a...continue reading.
R vs. Python: What’s the best language for Data Science?
This is a question that we at RStudio hear a lot. With the tremendous growth in both languages, and in the application of data science in general, there is a...continue reading.
validate 0.9.3 is on CRAN
CRAN just accepted the latest version of our R package validate. The validate package provides an infrastructure to perform any data quality check in a flexible and extensible way. This...continue reading.
Call for abstracts and tutorials: use of R in official statistics 2020 in Vienna
The eight international conference on the Use of R in Official Statistics (#uRos2020) will take place place from 6 to 8 May 2020 at Statistics Austria, the Austrian office of...continue reading.
A Tale of an Edgy Panda and some Python Reviews
This post will be a quickie detailing a rather annoying…finding about the pandas package in Python. For those not in … Continue reading →continue reading.
R Weekly 2019-50 R 3.6.2, vscode-R, Internal
Hello and welcome to this new issue! Highlight R 3.6.2 is out, and a preview of R 4.0.0 Internal functions in R packages vscode-R – R Extension for Visual Studio...continue reading.
tidyposterior’s Bayesian Approach to Model Comparison
A task common to many machine learning workflows is to compare the performance of several models with respect to some metric such as accuracy or area under the ROC curve....continue reading.
Bump chart of a parliamentary constituency
A bump chart showing the evolution of voting in the Midlothian constituency.continue reading.
The Renzo Pomodoro dataset
Estimating how long it will take to complete a task is hard work, and the most common motivation for this work comes from external factors, e.g., the boss, or a...continue reading.
The Renzo Pomodoro dataset
Estimating how long it will take to complete a task is hard work, and the most common motivation for this work comes from external factors, e.g., the boss, or a...continue reading.
How to use the Pandas dropna method
This tutorial will show you how to use the Pandas dropna method to remove missing values from a Python DataFrame. It will explain the syntax of dropna (including the important...continue reading.
