Category: R Books

The Effect [book review]

While it sounds like the title of a science-fiction catastrophe novel or of a (of course) convoluted nouveau roman, this book by Nick Huntington-Klein is a massive initiation to econometrics...continue reading.

When R is Better

Recently, I wrote a blog post stating that I’m starting to use Python for most of my data science work. And I’m starting to recommend Python as the data science...continue reading.

When R is Better

Recently, I wrote a blog post stating that I’m starting to use Python for most of my data science work. And I’m starting to recommend Python as the data science...continue reading.

Flotsam 17: maps

Tiling is one of the big pieces to put together nice, interactive maps. How The Post is replacing Mapbox with open source solutions describe the tech behind solving this problem...continue reading.

Flotsam 16: neovim

Just to remember where things are in my neovim installation in MacOS: The init file follows the structure presented in here: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug pointing to the location of the plugins as:continue reading.

Updating Style Guide

After much deliberation, I have updated my personal R code style guide to no longer mandate functions begin with uppercase letters. While I still feel there is value in being...continue reading.