Monthly Archives: October 2010

Example 8.9: Contrasts

October 12, 2010
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Example 8.9: Contrasts

In example 8.6 we showed how to change the reference category. This is the natural first thought analysts have when their primary comparisons aren't represented in the default output. But our interest might center on a number of comparisons which don...

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Export R data to tex code

October 12, 2010
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Export R data to tex code

We often use Gnu R to work on different things and to solve various exercises. It's always a disgusting job to export e.g. a matrix with probabilities to a LaTeX document to send it to our supervisors, but Rumpel just gave me a little hint.

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ClusterProfiles

October 12, 2010
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ClusterProfiles

It is very common to cluster genes based on their expression profiles, and also very common to integrate Gene Ontology to observe the distribution of biological processes, molecular functions and cellular components for a given gene list. But, what if the two in combination? The Gene Ontology distributions across a variety of gene clusters may give us a new...

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ClusterProfiles

October 12, 2010
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ClusterProfiles

It is very common to cluster genes based on their expression profiles, and also very common to integrate Gene Ontology to observe the distribution of biological processes, molecular functions and cellular components for a given gene list. But, what if the two in combination? The Gene Ontology distributions across a variety of gene clusters may give us a...

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Chicago Marathon 2010

October 11, 2010
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It's the Monday of the Columbus Day weekend here, so I must have been running a Chicago Marathon yesterday. Indeed -- the 34th annual Chicago Marathon took place yesterday but everything was about its 10/10/10 date. The symmetric set of numbers was i...

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Parallel processing of independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithms

October 11, 2010
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Parallel processing of independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithms

With Pierre Jacob, my PhD student, and Murray Smith, from National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, who actually started us on this project at the last and latest Valencia meeting, we have completed a paper on using parallel computing in independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithms. The paper is arXived and the abstract goes as follows:

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The R-Files: Saptarshi Guha

October 11, 2010
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The R-Files: Saptarshi Guha

"The R-Files" is an occasional series from Revolution Analytics, where we profile prominent members of the R Community. Name: Saptarshi Guha Background: Ph.D. in Statistics, Purdue University Nationality: India Years Using R: 6 Known for: Developing RHIPE package for R + Hadoop integration At just 31 years old, Saptarshi Guha has emerged as a cutting-edge contributor to the R...

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R Tutorial Series: One-Way Omnibus ANOVA

October 11, 2010
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R Tutorial Series: One-Way Omnibus ANOVA

Testing the omnibus hypothesis via one-way ANOVA is simple process in R. This tutorial will explore how R can be used to perform a one-way ANOVA to test the difference between two (or more) group means. Tutorial FilesBefore we begin, you may want to do...

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R Tutorial Series: One-Way Omnibus ANOVA

October 11, 2010
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R Tutorial Series: One-Way Omnibus ANOVA

Testing the omnibus hypothesis via one-way ANOVA is simple process in R. This tutorial will explore how R can be used to perform a one-way ANOVA to test the difference between two (or more) group means. Tutorial FilesBefore we begin, you may want to do...

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New R User Group in Toronto

October 11, 2010
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Canadian R user Leo Guelman contacted me last week to ask if there was an R User Group in Toronto. There wasn't one last week, but there's one now: Leo has taken the initiative to start a new useR group. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) R User's Group is now active on meetup.com, and taking suggestions for their first...

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