March 2012

Frustration

March 6, 2012 | DomPazz

Google has failed me.  Cannot get RMySQL to install on my laptop.  Looks like I am going to need a different method to get data from MySQL into R.If anyone has pointers, I'm all ears.Windows 7 x64, R 2.13.1 [Read more...]

Russian elections

March 6, 2012 | Wingfeet

Just a few words about the Russian election. I read this entry http://www.badscience.net/2012/03/is-there-statistical-evidence-of-fraud-in-the-russian-election-data/ and thought to look for myself. For me it seems the data is not good enough ...
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Java based GUI for R

March 6, 2012 | Andrew Barr

JGR is a pretty nice Java based GUI for R.  The primary reason I like this is that it is truly cross platform, and will work the same for any operating systemAdded benefits are that some packages like rJava and others tend to break on Mac OSX, but... [Read more...]

Big Data Analytics to Revolutionize Services

March 6, 2012 | David Smith

Revolution Analytics' CEO Dave Rich was interviewed by Wikibon's David Vellante and SiliconAngle's John Furrier at the Strata 2012 conference last week. Given Dave's background at Accenture Analytics, the conversation naturally turned to impact of predictive analytics and R on business services. (See the video after the jump, below.) Bret Latmore ... [Read more...]

Ggplot2 Notes

March 6, 2012 | George

During the time I have used R the base graphics package has met my needs, although I have been aware of ggplot2 but found learning it a bit of a struggle so have pretty much ignored it until now. Most … Continue reading → [Read more...]

Missing my Statsy Goodness? Check out #SciFund!

March 6, 2012 | jebyrnes

I know, I know, I have been kinda lame about posting here lately. But that’s because my posting muscle has been focused on the new analyses for what makes a succesful #SciFund proposal. I’ve been posting them at the #SciFund blog under the Analysis tag – so check it ... [Read more...]

R101

March 6, 2012 | civilstat

I’m preparing “R101,” an introductory workshop on the statistical software R. Perhaps other beginners might find some use in the following summary and resources. (See also the post on resources for teaching yourself introductory statistics.) Do you have obligatory screenshots … Continue reading → [Read more...]

Screencast: The Making of 17018d5488

March 6, 2012 | Milk Trader

The following screencast demonstrates the use of R, the quantmod R package and bash to process SPX data from 1950. An explanation on how to access a git repository that includes the plots and the R console history is also provided. This screencast prod...
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Multiple Factor Model – Building 130/30 Index

March 5, 2012 | systematicinvestor

Nico brought to my attention the 130/30: The New Long-Only (2008) by A. Lo, P. Patel paper in his comment to the Multiple Factor Model – Building CSFB Factors post. This paper presents a very detailed step by step guide to building 130/30 Index using average CSFB Factors as the alpha model and MSCI ... [Read more...]

Airline Fares Decreasing Steadily

March 5, 2012 | Patrick Rhodes

Description: Yearly average airline fare since 1995. Data: http://www.bts.gov/ Analysis: When taking the average price of domestic airline fares, there is a clear trend indicating that flying is becoming more affordable - when adjusted for infl... [Read more...]

NIT: Fatty acids study in R – Part 003

March 5, 2012 | jrcuesta

As I told you I´m a beginner in "R", so I realize that I have to prepare my data a little bit in order to continue from my previous post ( NIT: Fatty acids study in R - Part 002) after getting some errors. Anyway I´m really fascinated ...
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New R User Groups in Lithuania, Birmingham, Taiwan

March 5, 2012 | David Smith

Three new local R user groups to add to the list today: from Lithuania, Taiwan, and Birmingham (UK). The Chinese Academy of R Software (CARS) serves R users in Taipei (Taiwan). It has been approved by the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan, and has more than 500 "likes" on its ... [Read more...]
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