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R Weekly 2023-W39 Posit Conf(2023), Nix, Snap Slides & Raster Processing
Hello and welcome to this new issue! How to have (my) content shared by R Weekly? This week’s release was curated by Batool Almarzouq, with help from the R Weekly...continue reading.
Tracking Rite-Aid Store Closures
Rite-Aid closed 60+ stores in 2021. They said they’d nuke over 1,000 of them over three years, back in 2022. And, they’re now about to close ~500 due to bankruptcy....continue reading.
True Positive, Explained
When you begin immersing yourself in the world of classification systems, you’ll encounter a large number of different classification metrics: precision; recall; accuracy; sensitivity and specificity; F1-score; and many more....continue reading.
Rugby World Cup explainer using data
Last week, a stereotypical “French” ceremony opened the 10th Rugby World Cup in Stade de France, in the suburbs of Paris, France. As a small boy growing up in the...continue reading.
Scikit Learn roc_curve, Explained
This tutorial will show you how to use the Scikit Learn roc_curve function. It will explain the syntax of the function and show an example of how to use it....continue reading.
R Weekly 2023-W38 rio 1.0.0, Yihui’s interview, Open Source in Pharma
Hello and welcome to this new issue! How to have (my) content shared by R Weekly? This week’s release was curated by Sam Parmar, with help from the R Weekly...continue reading.
Simulate the Monty Hall problem in Python 🐐🚘🐐
Use Python to solve this classic probability puzzle that has stumped mathematicians and Nobel Prize winners!continue reading.
Exploring Machine Learning-Derived Data in Life Sciences with Shiny Applications
Machine learning (ML) is gaining widespread popularity in the life sciences. Crafting intuitive user interfaces speeds up data exploration and offers modernized ways to present analyses and outcomes from various...continue reading.
State of Shiny 2023 – Download Report
Introducing the State of Shiny 2023 report – your comprehensive guide to the latest trends and insights in the dynamic world of Shiny. This report sheds light on the ever-evolving...continue reading.
Appsilon’s Top 10 Sessions to Check Out at posit::conf 2023
Appsilon’s Top 10 Picks for the Upcoming posit::conf 2023 The posit::conf 2023 event is on the horizon, and the Appsilon team is brimming with excitement as they unveil their selection...continue reading.
How Open Source (R and Shiny) Is Transforming Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry
At the 2023 R/Basel event, we noticed a number of speakers and participants who were keen to share or gather knowledge about the use of R and Shiny technologies in...continue reading.
R Weekly 2023-W37 Preloading Packages, Annotating Equations, UFO Sightings
Hello and welcome to this new issue! How to have (my) content shared by R Weekly? This week’s release was curated by Jonathan Carroll, with help from the RWeekly team...continue reading.
Foliage 2023
The days are getting shorter and when we were visiting Down East Maine the other week, there was just a hint of some trees starting to change up their leaf...continue reading.
Rhino 1.5.0 Update on CRAN: Streamlining Your R Development Workflow with New Addins
Rhino 1.5 Release We are pleased to announce that Rhino 1.5 is now available on CRAN! This update brings a range of new features and enhancements that aim to make...continue reading.
Little useless-useful R functions – Continuous, nowhere differentiable Weierstrass function
Coming from the simple sine function (remember of Fourier series), German mathematician Karl Weierstrass became the first to publish an example of a continuous, nowheredifferentiable function. Weierstrass function (originally defined...continue reading.
The ROC Curve, Explained
In machine learning, evaluating the performance of a model is as important as its creation. We need tools and techniques to help guarantee that the model performs well and meets...continue reading.
Insights on R Package Quality and Validation for Clinical Trials
Moving away from proprietary languages, Roche has made a notable decision to freeze their legacy macros library. With great enthusiasm, they now embrace R as the primary framework for evidence...continue reading.
pak 0.6.0
We’re delighted to announce the release of pak 0.6.0. pak helps with the installation of R packages and many related tasks. You can install pak from CRAN with: install.packages(“pak”) If...continue reading.
Confusion Matrix, Explained
The confusion matrix is an important and commonly used tool in machine learning. This is particularly true of classification problems, where we build systems that predict categorical values. Because they’re...continue reading.
R Weekly 2023-W36 Vectors, Functions, and RConsortium Grant
Hello and welcome to this new issue! How to have (my) content shared by R Weekly? This week’s release was curated by Colin Fay, with help from the R Weekly...continue reading.
