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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4

December 12, 2010
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Using R for Introductory Statistics gets us started working with multivariate data. The question is: what are the relationships among the variables? One way to go about answering it is by pairwise comparison of variables. Another techniq...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4

December 12, 2010
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Using R for Introductory Statistics gets us started working with multivariate data. The question is: what are the relationships among the variables? One way to go about answering it is by pairwise comparison of variables. Another technique is to divide the data into categories by the values of some variables and...

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CouchDB and R

October 2, 2010
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CouchDB and R

Here are some quick crib notes on getting R talking to CouchDB using Couch's ReSTful HTTP API. We'll do it in two different ways. First, we'll construct HTTP calls with RCurl, then move on to the R4CouchDB package for a higher level interface. I'll assume you've already gotten started with CouchDB...

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CouchDB and R

October 2, 2010
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CouchDB and R

Here are some quick crib notes on getting R talking to CouchDB using Couch's ReSTful HTTP API. We'll do it in two different ways. First, we'll construct HTTP calls with RCurl, then move on to the R4CouchDB package for a higher level interface. I'll a...

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How to send an HTTP PUT request from R

September 27, 2010
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How to send an HTTP PUT request from R

I wanted to get R talking to CouchDB. CouchDB is a NoSQL database that stores JSON documents and exposes a ReSTful API over HTTP. So, I needed to issue the basic HTTP requests: GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE from within R. Specifically, to get started, I...

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How to send an HTTP PUT request from R

September 27, 2010
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How to send an HTTP PUT request from R

I wanted to get R talking to CouchDB. CouchDB is a NoSQL database that stores JSON documents and exposes a ReSTful API over HTTP. So, I needed to issue the basic HTTP requests: GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE from within R. Specifically, to get started, I wanted to add documents to the...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 3.4

August 21, 2010
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 3.4

...a continuing journey through Using R for Introductory Statistics, by John Verzani. Simple linear regression Linear regression is a kooky term for fitting a line to some data. This odd bit of terminology can be blamed on Sir Francis Galton, a proli...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 3.4

August 21, 2010
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 3.4

...a continuing journey through Using R for Introductory Statistics, by John Verzani. Simple linear regression Linear regression is a kooky term for fitting a line to some data. This odd bit of terminology can be blamed on Sir Francis Galton, a proli...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics 3.3

August 11, 2010
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Using R for Introductory Statistics 3.3

...continuing our way though John Verzani's Using R for introductory statistics. Previous installments: chapt1&2, chapt3.1, chapt3.2 Relationships in numeric data If two data series have a natural pairing (x1,y1),...,(xn,yn), then we can ask, &ld...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics 3.3

August 11, 2010
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Using R for Introductory Statistics 3.3

...continuing our way though John Verzani's Using R for introductory statistics. Previous installments: chapt1&2, chapt3.1, chapt3.2 Relationships in numeric data If two data series have a natural pairing (x1,y1),...,(xn,yn), then we can ask, &ld...

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