R-bloggers - Part 2

How I Test cffr on (about) 2,000 Packages using GitHub Actions and R-universe

November 22, 2021 | rOpenSci - open tools for open science

When GitHub announced support for CITATION.cff files I though of creating a package that would assist R developers in this matter. I was already using codemetar for most of my packages, so I was familiar with the creation of these kind of metadata fil... [Read more...]

I got my first package onto CRAN, and YOU CAN TOO

November 22, 2021 | HighlandR

It’s almost 2 weeks since I had my first package successfully submitted to CRAN. The runcharter package is special to me for lots of reasons - it was a tough problem to crack, and it’s one I’ve worked on with a variety of tools over the year... [Read more...]

cffr: Create a CITATION.cff File for your R Package

November 22, 2021 | rOpenSci - open tools for open science

A new R package, cffr, has been developed, peer-reviewed by rOpenSci and accepted by CRAN. This package has a single purpose: to create a valid CITATION.cff file using the metadata of any R package. CITATION.cff files and why they matter A Citation File Format (CFF) is a plain ... [Read more...]

The design effect of a cluster randomized trial with baseline measurements

November 22, 2021 | Keith Goldfeld

Is it possible to reduce the sample size requirements of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial simply by collecting baseline information? In a trial with randomization at the individual level, it is generally the case that if we are able to measure an outcome for subjects at two time periods, ...

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Shooting Stars

November 21, 2021 | HighlandR

This question popped up in my Twitter feed earlier, courtesy of @PipingHotData I did answer in a tweet, but I want to expand on that, so here goes.. Why would you follow someone on GitHub? I suppose the obvious one, at least for me, is t...

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Shooting Stars

November 21, 2021 | John MacKintosh

This question popped up in my Twitter feed earlier, courtesy of @PipingHotData

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How to Scrape and Store Strava Data Using R

November 21, 2021 | R Views

This post by Julian During is the third place winner in the Call for Documentation contest. Julian is a data scientist from Germany working in the manufacturing industry. Julian loves working with R (especially the tidyverse ecosystem), sp...

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Binary Missing Value Imputation

November 20, 2021 | R on Data & The World

A few datasets that I’ve seen have come with several different columns representing binary responses to questions. Naturally, there are missing values scattered throughout, so some amount of imputation had to occur. I decided to try coding up a w... [Read more...]

How to Perform Univariate Analysis in R

November 20, 2021 | finnstats

Recommended to read most recent job openings and UpToDate tutorials from finnstats Perform Univariate Analysis in R, In statistics, there are three different types of strategies for univariate data analysis. There are three types of analysis: univariate, bivariate, and multivariate. Subscribe The term “univariate analysis” refers... The post How to ...

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cusumcharter available on CRAN

November 19, 2021 | HighlandR

I submitted my cusumcharter package to CRAN late last Friday evening and was pleasantly surprised to receive an email early on Monday advising me it was on its way to CRAN. Big thanks to the CRAN maintainers who manage to work through the qu...

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cusumcharter available on CRAN

November 19, 2021 | John MacKintosh

I submitted my cusumcharter package to CRAN late last Friday evening and was pleasantly surprised to receive an email early on Monday advising me it was on its way to CRAN.

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Calculate Polychoric Correlation in R

November 19, 2021 | finnstats

Recommended to read most recent job openings and UpToDate tutorials from finnstats Calculate Polychoric Correlation in R, The correlation between ordinal variables is calculated using polychoric correlation. Remember that ordinal variables are categorical possible values and natural order. Some of the common scales measured on an... The post Calculate Polychoric ... [Read more...]

dice and sticks

November 18, 2021 | xi'an

A quick weekend riddle from the Riddler about the probability of getting a sequence of increasing numbers from dice with an increasing number of faces, eg 4-, 6-, and 8-face dice. Which happens to be 1/4. By sheer calculation (à la Gauss) or simple enumération (à la R): __ for(i in 1:4)for(...

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R Shiny Apps in 100 Seconds

November 18, 2021 | Stephen McDaniel

Want decision-makers to benefit from your R programs? Use the R shiny package to turn them into data-driven, interactive web apps – R shiny apps. Learn the basics of why R shiny is crucial in sharing analyses with your colleagues to empower them in running the business. See an R forecast ...

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Calculate Confidence Intervals in R

November 18, 2021 | finnstats

Recommended to read most recent job openings and UpToDate tutorials from finnstats Calculate Confidence Intervals in R, A confidence interval is a set of values that, with a high degree of certainty, are likely to include a population parameter. Confidence intervals can be found all over... The post Calculate Confidence ... [Read more...]

What Is New in ShinyProxy 2.6.0

November 18, 2021 | Peter Solymos

ShinyProxy 2.6.0 was released on November 5, 2021. The new version does not disappoint. Let's review what is in it!

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Running R clusters on an AMD Threadripper 3990X in Windows 11 (update)

November 17, 2021 | R – Sam Lovick Consulting

In November 2020, I wrote a post on using all cores and threads on the latest Threadripper 64 core processors under Windows 10. This is a quick update for Windows 11. As some of you may know, I have been modelling the COVID-19 pandemic in a number of countries using a compartmental disease model. ... [Read more...]

{filebin} Quick & Easy File Sharing

November 17, 2021 | R - datawookie

At Fathom Data we have a number of workflows that require us to share various bits of data for a short time. The data are not sensitive, so we can freely share them. We have been doing this manually via platforms like Google Drive, Box or Dropbox. However we need ...

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Deploying xaringan Slides with GitHub Pages

November 17, 2021 | R Views

Silvia Canelón is a researcher, community organizer, and R educator. Her research leverages electronic health record data to study pregnancy-related outcomes, and her organizing values data literacy and communication as ways to build power and effect change. This post will guide you step-by-step through the process of creating an ... [Read more...]

rOpenSci Dev Guide 0.7.0: Updates

November 17, 2021 | rOpenSci - open tools for open science

rOpenSci Software Peer Review’s guidance is gathered in an online book and keeps improving! To find out what’s new in our dev guide 0.7.0, you can read the changelog, or this blog post for more digested information. @ropensci-review-bot h... [Read more...]

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