Purpose A basic workflow to set up an R package Disclaimer Instructions here will rarely be explicit. These workflows are essentially notes for experienced users to help remind them of the minimal steps to complete the task at hand. Prerequisites Strongish familiarity with RStudio, R packages, and R projects R ...

I have frequent conversations with R champions and Systems Administrators responsible for R, in which they ask how they can measure and analyze the usage of their servers. Among the many solutions to this problem, one of the my favourites is to use an RRD database and RRDtool. From Wikipedia: ...

A quick riddler resolution during a committee meeting (!) of a short riddle: 36 houses stand in a row and collapse at times t=1,2,..,36. In addition, once a house collapses, the neighbours if still standing collapse at the next time unit. What are the shortest and longest lifespans of this row? Since ...

A visual exploration of the 2017-2018 NBA landscape The modern NBA landscape is rapidly changing. Steph Curry has redefined the lead guard prototype with jaw-dropping shooting range coupled with unprecedented scoring efficiency for a guard. The likes of Marc Gasol, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis are paving the way for ...

You have got the best job of the 21st century. Like a treasure hunter, looking for a data treasure chest while sailing through data lakes. In many companies you are a digital maker – armed with skills that turn you to a modern-day polymath and a toolset which is so holistic ...

Introduction In the past few months, I have been introduced to and started working with phylogenetic trees. The trees I have been working with contain the entire tree of life for bacteria. Needless to say, they are huge. At first, I was told that I could download a program that ...

Do a t-test APA formatted output Flexibility Dataframe of Values Contribute Credits Previous blogposts One of the most time-consuming part of data analysis in psychology is the copy-pasting of specific values of some R output to a manuscript or a report. This task is frustrating, prone to errors, and increases ...

Even though the libraries for R from Python, or Python from R code execution existed since years and despite of a recent announcement of Ursa Labs foundation by Wes McKinney who is aiming to join forces with RStudio foundation, Hadley Wickham in particularly, (find more here) to improve data scientists ...

James Blair, RStudio Scalability is a hot word these days, and for good reason. As data continues to grow in volume and importance, the ability to reliably access and reason about that data increases in importance. Enterprises expect data analysis and reporting solutions that are robust and allow several hundred, ...

I haven't had a lot of time to play with this but yesterday, I discovered the tuber R package, which allows you to interact with the YouTube API.To use the tuber package, not only do you need to install it in R - you'll need a Google account and ...

James Blair, RStudio Scalability is a hot word these days, and for good reason. As data continues to grow in volume and importance, the ability to reliably access and r...

New Features As promised, we kept on working on our bounceR package. For once, we changed the interface: users now do not have to choose a number of tuning parameters, that – thanks to my somewhat cryptic documentation – sound more complicated than they are. Inspired by H2o.ai feature to ...

Proof of Collatz sequence convergence. Some reminders first Remember Collatz sequence definition Let’s divide the Collatz sequence into two independent suites, for analysis convenience. First suite ω is for numbers: ωn + 1 = 3 ωn + 1 Second suite η is for numbers: ηn + 1 = ηn / 2 Resolution for numbers from 2 to 11 resolution graph First, let’s proceed ...