I already mentioned R for dummies a while ago on the ‘Og and never got around to read it from cover to back. Now that I am reduced to a dummy state with too much free time!, I can produce a full review of the book. R for dummies was written by two Belgian statistics 
This code has been kindly contributed by Robin Edwards
In the feature selection chapter, we describe several search procedures ("wrappers") that can be used to optimize the number of predictors. Some techniques were described in more detail than others. Although we do describe genetic algorithms and how they can be used for reducing the dimensions of the data, this is the first of series of blog posts that...
I believe that the NY Times interactive feature 512 Paths to the White House is one of the best visualizations of all time. It is even better when we have details on the process of creating this marvel. Although the graphic is not suited for other data sources (please tell me if this is not...
(This article was first published on There is grandeur in this view of life » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) This week I held the second introductory seminar on R, and I think it went pretty well — though I guess you really should ask my colleagues if you want to know. The first seminar was a lecture,...
First, I would like to welcome all of you reading this via R-Bloggers. I have been a user of this superb resource for years and I'm proud that I now have the opportunity to contribute!In The Financial Crisis on Tape Part I I demonst...
This is an overview of tools for speeding up your R code that I wrote for the Davis R Users’ Group.
It’s customary to quote Donald Knuth at this point, but instead I’ll quote my twitter buddy Ted Hart to illustrate a point:
I’m just going to say it.I like for loops in #Rstats,...
Several R packages provide an interface to query map services (Google Maps, Stamen Maps or OpenStreetMap) to obtain raster images …
In 2009, I wrote about a way to show density plots along both dimensions of a plot. When I ran the code again to adapt it to a new project, it didn't work because ggplot2 has become better in the meantime. Below is the updated code. Using the gridExtra...
Note: I started this post way back when the NCAA men's basketball tournament was going on, but didn't finish it until now. Since the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has moved to 64 teams, a 16 seed as never upset a 1 seed. You might be tempted to say ...
Zero Inflated Models and Generalized Linear Mixed Models with R.
Zuur, Saveliev, Ieno (2012).
