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useR! 2010 done and dusted

July 23, 2010
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useR! 2010 done and dusted

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Why building R packages is good for you

July 23, 2010
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Basically every function you use in R is part of a package (often the base or stats one). Most of the advances routines, such as the differential equations solvers in simecol are brought to R in the form of Fortran (…)

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Building an R package (under Windows) without C, C++ or FORTRAN code

July 23, 2010
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Building an R package (under Windows) without C, C++ or FORTRAN code

Why build and R package? It basically boils down to be able to brag at your local pub that a new version of YOUR package is on CRAN as of 7 p.m. CET. But seriously, if you’ve produced some function that other people might benefit (or have ordered them) from using them, like your boss,

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Analysing the ISMB 2010 meeting using R

July 20, 2010
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Analysing the ISMB 2010 meeting using R

The colossus of bioinformatics meetings, ISMB, convened in Boston this year from July 9 – 13. As in recent years, the meeting was covered online at its website, FriendFeed and Twitter. I thought it would be fun to run a quick analysis of activity at the FriendFeed room using R. 1. Fetch the data We

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R Beginner’s Guide Book Update 7/19/2010

July 19, 2010
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R Beginner’s Guide Book Update 7/19/2010

Update: Statistical Analysis with R is now available!I am excited to announce that I have submitted the entire first draft of my R Beginner's Guide book, which is to be published through Packt. The tenth and final chapter was submitted a full month ahe...

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R Beginner’s Guide Book Update 7/19/2010

July 19, 2010
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R Beginner’s Guide Book Update 7/19/2010

Update: Statistical Analysis with R is now available!I am excited to announce that I have submitted the entire first draft of my R Beginner's Guide book, which is to be published through Packt. The tenth and final chapter was submitted a full month ahe...

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What (Search Engines Think) People Want

July 17, 2010
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What (Search Engines Think) People Want

R O How G8 U R!Hey, R U there? Having used the R language for awhile now, I would like to let you know that R works - in fact R works really well. If you keep up with R news this should be no surprise...this is, after all...an r blog! R and R alone c...

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Starting an EC2 Machine Then Setting Up a Socks Proxy… From R!

July 16, 2010
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Starting an EC2 Machine Then Setting Up a Socks Proxy… From R!

I do some work from home, some work from an office in Chicago and some work on the road. It’s not uncommon for me to want to tunnel all my web traffic through a VPN tunnel. In one of my previous blog posts I alluded to using Amazon EC2 as a way to get around

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Navigate the Bermuda Triangle of Mediation Analysis

July 6, 2010
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Navigate the Bermuda Triangle of Mediation Analysis

MYTHS AND TRUTHS ABOUT AN OFTEN-USED, LITTLE-UNDERSTOOD STATISTICAL PROCEDURE If you go to a consumer research conference, you will hear tales of how experiments have undergone particular statistical rites: the attainment of the elusive crossover interaction, the demonstration of full mediation through Baron and Kenny’s sacred procedure, and so on. DSN has nothing against any

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Ajax using JQuery to Sinatra (and a Barplot using R)

July 5, 2010
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Ajax using JQuery to Sinatra (and a Barplot using R)

Part of what attracted me to R was the ease and efficiency in using the language for tasks for which it was designed.  R is a tool among that can be used to do great things with minimal effort.  This post illustrates some other tools and tech...

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