January 2021

A model of polygenic adaptation in an infinite population

January 24, 2021 | mrtnj

How do allele frequencies change in response to selection? Answers to that question include ”it depends”, ”we don’t know”, ”sometimes a lot, sometimes a little”, and ”according to a nonlinear differential equation that actually doesn’t look too horrendous if you squint a little”. Let’s look at a ...
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Calling [Compiled] Swift from R: Part 2

January 24, 2021 | hrbrmstr

The previous post introduced the topic of how to compile Swift code for use in R using a useless, toy example. This one goes a bit further and makes a case for why one might want to do this by showing how to use one of Apple’s machine learning ... [Read more...]

Riding Watopia

January 24, 2021 | Jimmie

When it’s raining or when it’s just cold outside, I like to ride on Zwift. I especially like Watopia. Let’s see what can be done with the FIT files that are generated. Via the Zwift…Continue Reading "Riding Watopia"
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Building my first R package

January 23, 2021 | R | Alec Stashevsky

Recently, I began working with time series and found myself searching for a way to build confidence intervals around certain statistics I was interested in, like a series’ median. Many time series do not follow a known probability distribution so ...
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Reticulate webinar – R and Python – a happy union

January 22, 2021 | Gary Hutson

Wednesday (20th January 2021) myself and a colleagues Andreas kicked off the first webinar of 2021 for the NHS-R Community with our look at the benefits of using reticulate for joining up R and Python. What was the webinar about? The webinar was split into two sections: The first session involved me ...
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Updated SARS-CoV-2 Shiny App

January 22, 2021 | rstats-tips.net

I’ve updated my Shiny App slightly. Because of the appearence of the mutation B 1.1.7 I want to see the current R-value, the current reproduction rate of the virus per Landkreis or Bundesland. The scientists suspect that B 1.1.7 has a 50% higher...
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LondonR February 2021

January 22, 2021 | Laura Swales

In 2020 LondonR moved online and whilst we have missed the opportunity to connect face-to-face over a few drinks, it... The post LondonR February 2021 appeared first on Mango Solutions. [Read more...]

Sentiment Analysis of Surnames

January 22, 2021 | Michael Kelly

Sentiment analysis is typically applied to connected text such as product reviews. However, it can also be extended to names, potentially delivering rich insights into psychology and culture. Globally and historically, names hold important familial, cultural, and religious significance. The foundation for much of this significance is a concept called ... [Read more...]

New version of cgwtools package is up

January 22, 2021 | Carl Witthoft

I’m happy to present some info about the latest version of cgwtools, my collection of handy “toys” which make everyday work in R a bit easier.   Enjoy! The newly added functions include: base2base – Function to convert any base to any other base (up to 36). binit — Create histogram bins ... [Read more...]

SEM Time Series Modeling

January 21, 2021 | R Views

Andrea Luciani is a Technical Advisor for the Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research at the Bank of Italy, and co-author of the bimets package. Structural Equation Models (SEM), which are common in many economic modeli...
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