August 2018

fitur 0.6.1 Release

August 31, 2018 | R on Thomas Roh

fitur 0.6.1 shiny gadget for fitting univariate distributions has been added added test function for distfun objects diagnostic plots now have better checks for distfun objects and lists of distfun objects fitur on CRAN [Read more...]

Guide to a high-performance, powerful R installation

August 31, 2018 | David Smith

R is an amazing language with 25 years of development behind it, but you can make the most from R with additional components. An IDE makes developing in R more convenient; packages extend R's capabilities; and multi-threaded libraries make computations faster. Since these additional components aren't included on the official R ... [Read more...]

Datazar Dektop v1.0.0 Released

August 31, 2018 | Aman Tsegai

Today we’re releasing Datazar’s desktop application for Mac. This is the debut for the desktop app and we’re thrilled to finally get it in the hands of everyone. The program gives you the might of the cloud while providing you an experience that ...
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New Course: Bayesian Modeling with RJAGS

August 31, 2018 | Ryan Sheehy

Here is the course link. Course Description The Bayesian approach to statistics and machine learning is logical, flexible, and intuitive. In this course, you will engineer and analyze a family of foundational, generalizable Bayesian models. These r... [Read more...]

Smoke from a distant fire

August 31, 2018 | Martin Monkman

Forest fires and air quality August 31, 2018 It was recently announced that during 2018, British Columbia has seen the most extensive forest fire season on record. As I write this (2018-08-31) there are currently 442 wildfires burning in British Columbia. These fires have a significant impact on people’s lives–many areas ...
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Make more useless packages!

August 30, 2018 | Roel M. Hogervorst

You should make more useless packages. To be more specific: make packages that are useful to you, but might be useless to others. Because building silly stuff is fun and sets the bar low for you to play and learn. I’m a big fan of Simone Giertz (see all ... [Read more...]

How to Cite Packages

August 30, 2018 | Dominique Makowski

What should I cite? How should I cite it? Previous blogposts Citing the packages, modules and softwares you used for your analysis is important, both from a reproducibility perspective (statistical routines are often implemented in different w... [Read more...]

Five steps for missing data with Finalfit

August 30, 2018 | Ewen Harrison

As a journal editor, I often receive studies in which the investigators fail to describe, analyse, or even acknowledge missing data. This is frustrating, as it is often of the utmost importance. Conclusions may (and do) change when missing data is accounted for.  A few seem to not even appreciate ... [Read more...]

Tips for analyzing Excel data in R

August 30, 2018 | David Smith

If you're familiar with analyzing data in Excel and want to learn how to work with the same data in R, Alyssa Columbus has put together a very useful guide: How To Use R With Excel. In addition to providing you with a guide for installing and setting up R ... [Read more...]

Animating Data Transformations

August 30, 2018 | Eric Hare

A common statistical procedure is to convert a tall dataset into a wide one, or visa versa. A tall, or “tidy” format, meets the following criteria (See https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tidyr/vignettes/tidy-data.html for more information): Each variable forms a column. Each observation forms a row. ...
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StanCon Helsinki streaming live now (and tomorrow)

August 30, 2018 | Bob Carpenter

We’re streaming live right now! Thursday 08:45-17:30: YouTube Link Friday 09:00-17:00: YouTube Link Timezone is Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) +0300 UTC Here’s a link to the full program [link fixed]. There have already been some great talks and they’ll all be posted with slides and runnable source ... [Read more...]

StanCon Helsinki streaming live now (and tomorrow)

August 30, 2018 | Bob Carpenter

We’re streaming live right now! Thursday 08:45-17:30: YouTube Link Friday 09:00-17:00: YouTube Link Timezone is Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) +0300 UTC Here’s a link to the full program [link fixed]. There have already been some great talks and they’ll all be posted with slides and runnable source ... [Read more...]

Using Control Charts in R

August 30, 2018 | Perceptive Analytics

I am sure you must have heard of Six Sigma quality standard or Six Sigma experts. But, what is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is a set of techniques used by organizations to improve their processes and optimize operations. Six Sigma was popularized by manufacturing organizations and Jack Welch, former CEO ...
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Fitting removal models with the detect R package

August 30, 2018 | Peter Solymos

In a paper recently published in the Condor, titled Evaluating time-removal models for estimating availability of boreal birds during point-count surveys: sample size requirements and model complexity, we assessed different ways of controlling for point-count duration in bird counts using data from the Boreal Avian Modelling Project. As the title ...
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