R GUI Update: BlueSky User’s Guide, New Features
The BlueSky Statistics graphical user interface (GUI) for the R language has added quite a few new features (described below). I’m also working on a BlueSky User’s Guide, a draft...continue reading.
The BlueSky Statistics graphical user interface (GUI) for the R language has added quite a few new features (described below). I’m also working on a BlueSky User’s Guide, a draft...continue reading.
In the last part of this mini-series on forecasting with false nearest neighbors (FNN) loss, we replace the LSTM autoencoder from the previous post by a convolutional VAE, resulting in...continue reading.
ggplot2 implements the grammar of graphics to map attributes from a data set to plot features through aesthetics. This framework can be used to adjust the point size, color and...continue reading.
As an update to this post, here’s a list of the major events in R history since its creation: 1992: R development begins as a research project in Auckland, NZ...continue reading.
The Marshall Project has a solid story and set of visualizations on the impact of COVID-19 in U.S. prisons. They keep the data (and vis) regularly updated. They do great...continue reading.
Join Appsilon and RStudio for a joint webinar – Enabling Remote Data Science Teams – on July 28th @ 11AM EST. We will cover version control, scaling R Shiny, growing...continue reading.
CoI: Andrew sent me this new book [scheduled for 23 July on amazon] of his with Jennifer Hill and Aki Vehtari. Which I read in my garden over a few...continue reading.
In this blog post, our colleague Lukas gives you a high-level introduction to RDS files (vs. RData files) and serialization. The function checks whether there is already an RDS with...continue reading.
Make your first steps with the ggplot2 package to create a scatter plot. Use the grammar-of-graphics to map data set attributes to your plot and connect different layers using the...continue reading.
Quine is a self-reproducing function or a computer program that will output its source source or itself. Terms used are for these programs are also self-replicating programs, self-reproducing programs or...continue reading.
The Riddler asks how to derive 24 from (1,2,3,8), with each number appearing once and all operations (x,+,/,-,^) allowed. This reminded me of a very old TV show on French...continue reading.
What is Happening? RStudio and Appsilon Data Science will be hosting a joint webinar on Tuesday, July 28th at 11AM EST. The theme is “Enabling Remote Data Science Teams.” You can...continue reading.
The R output in rmarkdown strips all terminal control sequences – colors and formats (i.e., bold or italics). However, it is relatively easy to restore it. For this, one needs...continue reading.
It all started when I wanted to have significant p-values shown on the terminal colored in red. The R terminal is capable of showing colors, simple formatting (like italics or...continue reading.
The weekly puzzle from Le Monde is a tournament classic: An even number of teams play one another once a week with no tie allowed and have played all other...continue reading.
In a recent post, we showed how an LSTM autoencoder, regularized by false nearest neighbors (FNN) loss, can be used to reconstruct the attractor of a nonlinear, chaotic dynamical system....continue reading.
stringdist version 0.9.6 arrived on CRAN on 16 july 2020. This release brings a few new features. Fuzzy text search Search text for approximate matches of a search string using...continue reading.
Yes, You Can Win a Shiny Contest by Building a Video Game RStudio has released the results of the 2nd Annual Shiny Contest, and we are pleased to announce that...continue reading.
Data visualization is not only important to communicate results but also a powerful technique for exploratory data analysis. Each plot type like scatter plots, line graphs, bar charts and histograms...continue reading.
This document describes an expansion of the R graphics engine to support a number of new graphical features: gradients, patterns, masks, and clipping paths. Paul …continue reading.