RStudio 2022.02.0: What’s New
This post highlights some of the improvements in the latest RStudio IDE release 2022.02.0, code-named “Prairie Trillium”. To read about all of the new features and updates available in this...continue reading.
Category: R News
How to Implement the Logistic Sigmoid Function in Python
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to implement a logistic sigmoid function in Python. I’ll explain what the logistic sigmoid function is. I’ll show you how to define the...continue reading.
Wordle Data Analysis
Arthur Holtz is a Senior FP&A Manager at Shipt, but don’t let the title mislead you — he spends most of his days buried in databases and R, analyzing data....continue reading.
2022 Internships
Photo by JD Long We’re excited to announce our 2022 Summer Internship Program. Through the program, students will be able to apply for full-time summer internships within one of the...continue reading.
Add logging to your functions using my newest package `{loud}`
This is a short blog post to announce the early alpha, hyper unstable, use at your own peril, package I’ve been working on for the past 6 hours or so...continue reading.
Registration Open – 2022 Appsilon Shiny Conference
***Register for the virtual Appsilon Shiny Conference*** The first annual Appsilon Shiny Conference has been scheduled for April 27-29, 2022. You can explore more of the event details and a...continue reading.
Working With Databases and SQL in RStudio
Photo by Conny Schneider on Unsplash Relational databases are a common way to store information, and SQL is a widely-used language for managing data held in these systems. RStudio provides...continue reading.
CRAN “Golden Oldies” and “One Hit Wonders”
If you are a regular R Views reader, then you know that every month I post my Top 40 picks for new CRAN packages. In this post, I’ll borrow some...continue reading.
Using R to Model UK Residential Property by Giles Heywood
Our first speaker at London R is Giles Heywood who works as Chief Data Scientist at Seven Dials Fund Management…. The post Using R to Model UK Residential Property by...continue reading.
How to Implement Numpy Relu in Python
This blog post will show you how to implement Numpy relu. We’ll define a new function in Python that implements a rectifier activation function. So I’ll quickly explain what the...continue reading.
Save the date for rstudio::conf(2022)!
rstudio::conf(2022) is coming July 25-28 to National Harbor, DC! We’ll have more soon on our amazing keynote speakers, our line up of tutorials, our diversity scholarships program, and what we’ll...continue reading.
SQL vs. NoSQL for Data Science
Data come in variety of form, at different pace, and at different volume. And if all three criteria define the difference between SQL and NoSQL and there, all three are...continue reading.
How To Make A PowerPoint Presentation Using R Markdown
PowerPoint is the most recognized presentation-making software, but it isn’t for everyone. Some may find it packed with unnecessary features, and to some extent that’s true. Microsoft updates it regularly...continue reading.
ICESat-2 Altimeter Data using R
This blog post (which is a slight modification of both package Vignettes) explains the functionality of the IceSat2R R package and shows how to use the OpenAltimetry API from within...continue reading.
Create Your Own Data Visualization Gallery
Learn how to create your own virtual data art gallery.continue reading.
Inference for #TidyTuesday aircraft and rank of Tuskegee airmen
The infer package is part of tidymodels and provides an expressive statistical grammar. Understand how to use infer, and celebrate Black History Month by learning more about the Tuskegee airmen.continue reading.
spiral matrix [X-validated]
One recent code-golf challenge was to write the shortest possible code representing the first n² integers in a spiral progression, e.g., 0 1 2 3 4 15 16 17 18...continue reading.
R Graphical User Interface Comparison
I have recently updated my detailed reviews of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for R, so it’s time for another comparison post. It’s not too difficult to rank them based on the...continue reading.
Data Visualization Best Practices: Bar Plots for Shiny Developers
Data visualization is important. It’s so important that how you present your data can affect the success of an app or project. For applications that make heavy use of data,...continue reading.
How BI and Data Science Deliver Deeper Insight Together
Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash Michael Lippis of The Outlook podcast interviewed RStudio’s Lou Bajuk to discuss why RStudio encourages its customers to break down the analytic silos that...continue reading.
