In this technote I will outline what phylotaR was developed for, how to install it and how to run it with some simple examples. What is phylotaR? In any phylogenetic analysis it is important to identify sequences that share the same orthology – homologous sequences separated by speciation events. This is ...

Highlighting Specific Cases in ggplot2 Here's my belated Statistics Sunday post, using a cool technique I just learned about: gghighlight. This R package works with ggplot2 to highlight a subset of data. To demonstrate, I'll use a dataset I analyzed for a previous post about my 2017 reading habits. [Side note: ...

Derek Jones recently discussed a possible future for the R ecosystem in “StatsModels: the first nail in R’s coffin”. This got me thinking on the future of CRAN (which I consider vital to R, and vital in distributing our work) in the era of super-popular meta-packages. Meta-packages are convenient, ...

I recently attended the 2018 Association of Public Data Users (APDU) conference. This was my second time attending the conference, and I enjoyed learning more... The post Notes from the 2018 APDU Conference appeared first on AriLamstein.com.

Three months have passed since the initial release of [crayon-5b6a25a3704bb539673860-i/] on CRAN. I would not say that the package develops like crazy, but there have been some changes since May. Let’s have a look. We start by loading both [crayon-5b6a25a3704ca424011901...

One of the few remaining hurdles when working with R in the enterprise is consistent access to CRAN. Often desktop class systems will have unrestricted access while server systems might not have any access at all. This inconsistency often stems from security concerns about allowing servers access to the internet. ...

ShinyProxy is a novel, open source platform to deploy Shiny apps for the enterprise or larger organizations. Embedding Shiny Apps Although Shiny apps are very popular for interactive data analysis purposes, many organizations communicated a need to more closely integrate these apps within larger applications and portals. In previous releases ...

Welcome to Part 3 of my series on “Visualizing the World Cup with R”! This is the culmination of this mini project that I've been working on throughout the World Cup (You can check out the Github Repo here). In addition, from having listened to Thomas Pedersen's excellent keynote at UseR! 2018 ...

eBird is an online tool for recording bird observations. The eBird database currently contains over 500 million records of bird sightings, spanning every country and nearly every bird species, making it an extremely valuable resource for bird research and conservation. These data can be used to map the distribution and abundance ...