Overview I created tree.bins to provide users the ability to recategorize categorical variables, dependent on a response variable, by iteratively creating a decision tree for each of the categorical variables (class factor) and the selected response variable. The decision tree is created using rpart::rpart. You often encounter variables ... [Read more...]

Today, we are happy to announce RInno’s first minor release. Over the past 5 months, RInno has been downloaded over 1200 times. Data scientists use it at the FDIC, the US Treasury and US Department of Agriculture among other organizations to install ... [Read more...]

The name, RInno (“R Inno”), is a combination of R and Inno Setup, an installer for Windows programs (sorry Mac and Linux users). If the name brings to mind a specific species of odd-toed ungulate, just remember, White and Black Rhinoceros are actua... [Read more...]

Capital Bikeshare has provided almost 15 million bike rides across the greater Washington, DC, area over the six years it has been in existence. That's a lot of happy commuters and tourists avoiding the gnarly DC traffic and the depths of the Washingt... [Read more...]