Five levels of analytical automation
I have been thinking more about how programming that requires minimal human input is a virtue in computer science, and … Morecontinue reading.
Category: Rstat
Super Solutions for Shiny Architecture 2/5: Javascript Is Your Friend
TL;DR Three methods for using javascript code in Shiny applications to build faster apps, avoid unnecessary re-rendering, and add components beyond Shiny’s limits. Part 2 of a five part series...continue reading.
Coding algorithms in R for models written in Stan
Hi all, On top of recommending the excellent autobiography of Stanislaw Ulam, this post is about using the software Stan, but not directly to perform inference, instead to obtain R...continue reading.
Debuting in a VFL/AFL Grand Final is rare
When Marlion Pickett runs onto the M.C.G for Richmond in the AFL Grand Final this Saturday, he’ll be only the sixth player in 124 finals to debut on the big...continue reading.
Multiple imputation support in Finalfit
We are using multiple imputation more frequently to “fill in” missing data in clinical datasets. Multiple datasets are created, models run, and results pooled so conclusions can be drawn. We’ve...continue reading.
She was like omg, and I was like no way
Why are there zombie stats (they’re not true, and nobody really believes them anyway, yet they refuse to die)? I … Morecontinue reading.
poor statistics
I came over the weekend across this graph and the associated news that the county of Saint-Nazaire, on the southern border of Brittany, had a significantly higher rate of cancers...continue reading.
Super Solutions for Shiny Architecture 1 of 5: Using Session Data
TL;DR Learn how to use the session argument as a global list for passing parameters between the modules in advanced Shiny apps to simplify the objects’ flow in code. Session...continue reading.
Le Monde puzzle [#1111]
Another low-key arithmetic problem as Le Monde current mathematical puzzle: Notice that there are 10 numbers less than, and prime with 11, 100 less than and prime with 101, 1000...continue reading.
Business AI for SMB’s: A Management Take On The Challenges of Leveraging Data and AI for Sales Growth and Enhancing the Customer Experience (CX)
The modern business world is captivated by data science and analytics. It seems like in almost every enterprise there is talk of needing to bulk up the data science and...continue reading.
Business AI for SMB’s: How To Compete With Amazon Using RemixAutoML
The modern business world is captivated by data science and analytics. It seems like in almost every enterprise there is […] The post Business AI for SMB’s: How To Compete...continue reading.
Develop Performance Benchmark with GRNN
It has been mentioned in https://github.com/statcompute/GRnnet that GRNN is an ideal approach employed to develop performance benchmarks for a variety of risk models. People might wonder what the purpose of...continue reading.
Curiosity + Data + Customer Segmentation = Goodies
TL; DR I used a Kaggle database to show you how to separate your customers into distinct groups based on their purchase behavior. With this method, store managers can customize...continue reading.
Survival analysis with strata, clusters, frailties and competing risks in in Finalfit
Background In healthcare, we deal with a lot of binary outcomes. Death yes/no, disease recurrence yes/no, for instance. These outcomes are often easily analysed using binary logistic regression via finalfit(). When...continue reading.
R puzzle
Can you guess the meaning of the following R code “?”=`u\164f8ToI\x6Et`;’!’=prod;!{ y<-xtabs(~?readLines())}%in%{ z<-y[1]}&z>T##&[]>~48bEfILpu If not (!), the explanation is provided in Robin’s answer to a codegolf …continue reading.
Extracting Sydney transport data from Twitter
The @sydstats Twitter account uses this code base, and data from the Transport for NSW Open Data API to publish insights into delays on the Sydney Trains network. Each tweet...continue reading.
Catch us at these conferences!
At Jumping Rivers we’re always to want to branch into the data science community, and so this year we’re going to quite a few conferences in the autumn. You can...continue reading.
How to Make Your CSS Systematically Awesome with SASS
tl; dr SASS is CSS for programmers. It gives you the building blocks that you’re used to, such as variables, conditions, and loops. And it helps you organize. The bigger...continue reading.
Dummy Is As Dummy Does
In the 1975 edition of “Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences” by Jacob Cohen, an interesting approach of handling missing values in numeric variables was proposed with the...continue reading.
How to Use CSS to Style Your R Shiny Projects
I hope you will give me 7 minutes to convince you why CSS is a good thing, and why you should be using it in your projects. In this post...continue reading.
