The R-Podcast Episode 11: Reproducible Analysis Part 1 (Introduction)
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Season 2 of the R-Podcast is up and running! This episode begins a multi-part series on reproducible analysis using R. In this episode I discuss the usage of Sweave and LaTeX for producing reproducible reports, an introduction to the capabilities of the knitr package (more episodes will be coming dedicated to this package), and my motivation for adapting reproducible analysis techniques and tools into my workflow. In our listener feedback segment I discuss a new means of providing feedback to the R-Podcast using our new sub-reddit page and introduce new segments highlighting interesting stories around the R community and useful packages. This promises to be an exciting season of the R-Podcast, and I hope you enjoy this episode!
The following resources are mentioned in this episode:
- R-Podcast subreddit: links.r-podcast.org
- Sweave: http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/~leisch/Sweave/
- Knitr: http://yihui.name/knitr/
- The Duke Research Trial Saga: http://simplystatistics.org/post/18378666076/the-duke-saga-starter-set
- RStudio Shiny web application: http://www.rstudio.com/shiny/
- Listener Brock’s NHL analysis blog: http://www.brocktibert.com/blog/?s=NHL
- Guide to installing latest version of R on Ubuntu: http://darrenjw.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/keeping-r-up-to-date-on-ubuntu-linux/
- R 2.15.2 release notes: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2012/10/r-2152-now-available.html
- Guide to new theme system in ggplot 0.9.2.1: https://github.com/wch/ggplot2/wiki/New-theme-system
- Plyr package: http://plyr.had.co.nz/
- The opening theme is entitled “Super Fighting Robot X” by WillRock from the Megaman X: Maverick Rising Album at www.ocremix.org
- The closing theme is entitled “Countdown to Infinity” by WillRock from the Megaman X: Maverick Rising Album at www.ocremix.org
Episode 11 Time Stamps
00:00 The R-Podcast #011 Reproducible Analysis Part 1 00:40 Introduction 02:43 Reproducible Research: Introduction 08:18 Sweave overview 16:20 Knitr overview 20:20 The Duke University Research Saga 30:56 What version control can offer 38:34 Presenting results 42:18 Listener feedback 60:55 R community roundup 69:39 Package pick: plyr 72:04 Wrapping up: subscribe at www.r-podcast.org, [email protected], + 1-269-849-9780, Twitter @theRcast, Google Plus, links.r-podcast.org 77:21 End
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