How does Practical Data Science with R stand out?
(This article was first published on Win-Vector Blog » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) There are a lot of good books on statistics, machine learning, analytics, and R. So it is valid to ask:...
View ArticleIntroducing R for Big Data with PivotalR
(This article was first published on Pivotal P.O.V. » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Written by Hai Qian & Woo J. Jung of Pivotal Data Labs When discussing data science tools, it’s...
View ArticleStuff I’ve gotten horribly wrong
(This article was first published on PirateGrunt » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) I'm the first (I hope) to admit when I've gotten something wrong. I like to think I'm humble enough to...
View ArticleCan You Track Me Now? (Visualizing Xfinity Wi-Fi Hotspot Coverage) [Part 1]
(This article was first published on Data Driven Security, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) This is the first of a two-part series. Part 1 sets up the story and goes into how to discover, digest...
View ArticleAlienVault Longitudinal Study Part 4
(This article was first published on Data Driven Security, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) In Part 1 we looked at acquiring raw data, and wrangling it into a time series dataset. In Part 2 we...
View ArticleFive Hard-Won Lessons Using Hive
(This article was first published on randyzwitch.com » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) I’ve been spending a ton of time lately on the data engineering side of ‘data science’, so I’ve been...
View ArticleR and Vertica
(This article was first published on My contRibution » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) I’ve been spending the last few months working my way through the integration of R and Vertica, and will...
View Articleanalyze the american housing survey (ahs) with r
(This article was first published on asdfree by anthony damico, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) plenty of nationwide surveys collect information at the household-level, only the american housing...
View ArticleNew Version of RStudio: R Markdown v2 and More
(This article was first published on RStudio Blog, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Today we’re very pleased to announce a new version of RStudio (v0.98.932) which is available for download now....
View ArticleTailoring univariate probability distributions
(This article was first published on Are you cereal? » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) This post shows how to build a custom univariate distribution in R from scratch, so that you end up with...
View ArticleMaybe I Don’t Really Know R After All
(This article was first published on randyzwitch.com » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Lately, I’ve been feeling that I’m spreading myself too thin in terms of programming languages. At work,...
View ArticleHow To: 20 Minute Guide to Get Started with PivotalR
(This article was first published on Pivotal P.O.V. » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Courtesy Indeed.com According to fairly reliable job trends, R’s growth in the past few months is up...
View ArticleCompetitive balance and home court advantage in the NBA
(This article was first published on Stat Of Mind, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Two years ago, the entire NBA season went into lockout because of mostly financial reasons. However, one...
View ArticleHow to update and backup a MySQL database under version control and all...
(This article was first published on Bartomeus lab » Rstats, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) I am trying to have better workflows to ensure data quality and two important things for me are...
View Articlejpmml and R (Free Webinar)
(This article was first published on r4stats.com » R, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) This free, global webinar will provide an introduction to jpmml, the world’s leading open-source PMML...
View ArticleSocial Media Mining and Bioinformatics (with R)
(This article was first published on Freakonometrics » R-english, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) In June and July, I receive copies of two books, Social Media Mining with R, by Nathan Danneman...
View ArticleParameterized SQL queries
(This article was first published on SmarterPoland » PISA in english, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Mateusz Żółtak asked me to spread the word about his new R package for parameterized SQL...
View ArticleCritical Data (free) Hackathon in London (Sept 6-7, 2014)
We would like to invite you to participate in our forthcoming Critical Data Marathon a FREE event taking place in London on 6-7 September 2014. The event is collaboratively organised between...
View ArticleR tops KDNuggets data analysis software poll for 4th consecutive year
(This article was first published on Revolutions, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) KDNuggests asked its readers the question "What programming/statistics languages you used for an analytics /...
View Article4 new R jobs (for September 10th 2014) and a new “about us” video
This is the bimonthly R Jobs post (for 2014-09-10), based on the R-bloggers’ sister website: R-users.com. This time, I’d like to start by thanking Jeff Weakley (more on Jeffat the end of this post) for...
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