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A challenge interesting enough for a sunny New Year morn, found on X validated, namely the simulation of a bivariate exponential distribution proposed by Gumbel in 1960, with density over the positive quadrant in IR² Although there exists a direct approach based on the fact that the marginals are Exponential distributions ...

library(tidyverse) In this blog post, I want to walk you through six common mistakes that beginners make with ggplot. They range from simple programming mistakes to mistakes in applying data visualization principles. So, with that said, let’s ...

In the rapidly evolving sphere of pharmaceutical data analysis, a significant transition is taking place – the shift from traditional SAS to the versatile R programming language. Pfizer, a trailblazer... The post From Vision to Action: Pfizer’s R Adoption Odyssey – Join the Webinar on February 8, 2024 appeared first on R Consortium.

Hey guys, welcome back to my R-tips newsletter. For years, I was hyperparameter tuning XGBoost models wrong. In 3 minutes, I’ll share one secret that took me 3 years to figure out. When I did, it cut my training time 10X. Let’s dive in. Table of Conte...

Excitement is building as we approach ShinyConf 2024, organized by Appsilon. We are thrilled to announce the Call for Speakers. This is a unique opportunity for experts, industry leaders, and enthusiasts to disseminate their knowledge, insights, and expertise to a diverse and engaged audience. Why Speak at ShinyConf? Becoming a speaker ...

Over the last few years, we have been performing audits on Posit set-ups, Shiny Applications and general R set-ups. One of our standard checks is to examine the server headers of a Shiny Server. Numerous websites do this check for you, but as we...

Introduction Statistical analysis often involves calculating various measures on large datasets. Speed and efficiency are crucial, especially when dealing with real-time analytics or massive data volumes. The TidyDensity package in R provides a ...

Clustering is a very popular technique in data science because of its unsupervised characteristic - we don’t need true labels of groups in data. In this blog post, I will give you a “quick” survey of various clustering methods applied to synthetic but ...

Introduction https://allisonhorst.com/everything-else R programming is a versatile language known for its powerful statistical and data manipulation capabilities. One often-overlooked feature that plays a crucial role in organizing and ana...

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a popular and widely embraced programming paradigm in software development. The concept of object-oriented programming in R has been previously featured in one of our blog posts, specifically within the context of R6 classes. In this blog post, we will dive deeper into the world of ...

The Karachi R User Group, Pakistan, hosted its second event, “Unveiling the Power of R Shiny Dashboards,” on December 30, 2023. The R Consortium spoke with Uzair Aslam, the group’s... The post R for Public Health Data Analysis in Karachi, Pakistan appeared first on R Consortium.

IntroductionWelcome to “Probably More Than Chance: A Beginner’s Guide to Probability Distributions in R.” In this journey, we’ll explore the intriguing world of probability distributions, an essential concept in statistics and data analysis. These dist...

This post was updated on March 19, 2024 to reflect updates introduced in CDCPLACES 1.1.5. Introduction To begin, we can install from CRAN, or from github, then load our packages. Code # Install from CRAN # install.packages("CDCPLACES) # Inst...

Introduction Welcome back, fellow data enthusiasts! Today, we embark on an exciting journey into the world of statistical distributions with a special focus on the latest addition to the TidyDensity package – the triangular distribution. Tightly...