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Previously, I took advantage of a dataset that linked preprints to their published counterparts to look at the fraction of papers in a journal that are preprinted. This linkage can be used to answer other interesting questions. Such as: when do authors preprint their papers relative to submission? And does ...

#175–176PuzzlesAuthor: ExcelBIAll files (xlsx with puzzle and R with solution) for each and every puzzle are available on my Github. Enjoy.Puzzle #175Sometimes even common tables tell the story. Today we have table of people that are family, but we nee...

The {emayili} package has adapters which make it simple to send email via a variety of services. For example, it caters specifically for ZeptoMail, MailerSend, Mailfence and Sendinblue. The latest version of {emayili}, 0.8.0 published on 23 April 2024, adds an an adapter for Mailtrap.

Puzzles no. 434–438PuzzlesAuthor: ExcelBIAll files (xlsx with puzzle and R with solution) for each and every puzzle are available on my Github. Enjoy.Puzzle #434Sometimes challenges we are facing have not really much with real world problems. And no. 434 is one of them. Our task this time was to make ...

It’s a widely accepted notion that money influences happiness, a concept famously associated with Noble laureate Daniel Kahneman, who purportedly demonstrated that emotional wellbeing increases with income but plateaus beyond an annual threshold of about $75,000. This idea has permeated both academic circles and popular media, reinforcing the belief that ...

A lot has happening in Monster Maze for the last months and a new chapter has now opened. Wanna play? Play here Code The code is publicly available in Github: monster-maze-shiny-mob...

Flip a fair coin 100 times, resulting in a sequence of heads (H) and tails (T). For each HH in the sequence, Alice gets a point; for each HT, Bob does, so e.g. for the subsequence THHHT Alice gets 2 points and Bob gets 1 point. Who is most likely to win? ...

The R Consortium recently spoke with Mario Annau, co-organizer of the Vienna R User Group. During the conversation, he discussed the use of R in the finance and pharmaceutical industries... The post Navigating R’s Impact in Vienna: Insights from the Finance and Pharmaceutical Sectors appeared first on R Consortium.

The Two-Fund Separation Theorem introduced by James Tobin, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, is a fundamental concept in investment theory. It addresses how investors can optimally allocate their assets. In an efficient market an optimal portfolio is a combination of a risk-free asset and a market portfolio.

A fellow coder shared with me this recent manual (in French) entitled python (for the computer language, not the snake) written by Nathalie Azoulai  as he found it an interesting literary (if not computer) program. It parses rather quickly and I compiled it in one single run on my way ...

Kirill Müller is the author of the {DBI} package, which helps to connect R and database management systems (DBMS). The connection to a DBMS is achieved through database-specific backend packages... The post Building Data Highways: Kirill Müller’s Journey in Enhancing R’s Database appeared first on R ...

Welcome to the Mushroom KingdomIn the vast and varied landscape of data analysis, navigating through complex datasets and transformation processes can often feel like an adventure through unknown lands. For those who embark on this journey using R, there’s a powerful tool at their disposal, reminiscent of the magical ...

Finding a high-profile job position has been very hard for women especially those living in countries with few opportunities for related acquires. This problem can be stemmed from many reasons like contextual factors and accessibility dimensions. This article will examine females’ high-profile job positions rate in the working environment worldwide ...

You have the fundamentals of R Highcharts under your belt by now. The next logical step is to introduce a bit more complexity in the code, but for the greater good. And that good is implementing drilldown charts straight in R! This will allow you to click on individual chart ...