gargle’s debut on CRAN
We’re elated to (somewhat belatedly) announce the initial release of gargle on CRAN! The gargle package (https://gargle.r-lib.org) is meant to take some of the pain out of working with Google...continue reading.
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googledrive v1.0.0
Introduction We’re jazzed to announce the release of googledrive v1.0.0 (https://googledrive.tidyverse.org). googledrive wraps the Drive REST API v3. The most common file operations are implemented in high-level functions designed for...continue reading.
Why Machine Learning is more Practical than Econometrics in the Real World
Motivation I’ve read several studies and articles that claim Econometric models are still superior to machine learning when it comes […] The post Why Machine Learning is more Practical than...continue reading.
Why Machine Learning is more Practical than Econometrics in the Real World
Motivation I’ve read several studies and articles that claim Econometric models are still superior to machine learning when it comes to forecasting. In the article, “Statistical and Machine Learning forecasting methods:...continue reading.
R Weekly 2019-33 {golem}, {RinteRface}, and Giraffes
Hello and welcome to this new issue! This week’s release was curated by Colin Fay, with help from the RWeekly team members and contributors. Release Date: 2019-08-19 golem: A Framework...continue reading.
Dash with golem: The beginning
{golem} has been developed to help building big Shiny application to put in production. What if {golem} could be used to build another popular interactive web application, recently made available...continue reading.
Modern R with the tidyverse is available on Leanpub
Yesterday I released an ebook on Leanpub, called Modern R with the tidyverse, which you can also read for free here. In this blog post, I want to give some...continue reading.
Tech Dividends, Part 2
In a previous post, we explored the dividend history of stocks included in the SP500, and we followed that with exploring the dividend history of some NASDAQ tickers. Today’s post...continue reading.
Modern R with the tidyverse is available on Leanpub
Yesterday I released an ebook on Leanpub, called Modern R with the tidyverse, which you can also read for free here. In this blog post, I want to give some...continue reading.
We’re RStudio Certified!
We’re RStudio Certified! Big news. RStudio recently started certifying trainers in three areas: the tidyverse, Shiny and teaching. To be certified to teach a topic you have to pass the...continue reading.
EARL London – speaker interview
Robert Duff (Transport for London) and Rahulan Chandrasekaran (Department for Transport) Robert and Rahulan are doing a joint presentation titled ‘Let me in! Let me on! Quantifying highly frustrating events...continue reading.
What the MAPE is FALSELY blamed for, its TRUE weaknesses and BETTER alternatives!
In time series context, one of most the commonly used measures is the MAPE. In this blog post, I evaluate critical arguments and weaknesses concerning the MAPE and demonstrate alternative...continue reading.
Converting lines in an svg image to csv
During a search for data on programming language usage I discovered Stack Overflow Trends, showing an interesting plot of language tags appearing on Stack Overflow questions (see below). Where was...continue reading.
EARL London – agenda highlights
There are so many wonderful EARL talks happening this year – it’s hard to highlight them all! But we thought we’d share some that the Mango team are really looking...continue reading.
Prepping data for #rstats #tidyverse and a priori planning
Many if not most data clean up, tidying, wrangling, and joining can be done directly in R. There are many advantages to this approach – i.e. read in data in...continue reading.
Prepping data for #rstats #tidyverse and a priori planning
Many if not most data clean up, tidying, wrangling, and joining can be done directly in R. There are many advantages to this approach – i.e. read in data in...continue reading.
4th Consumer Financial Protection Bureau research conference on consumer finance, Dec 12-13, 2019
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 What: 4th CFPB Research Conference on Consumer Finance When: December 12th-13th, 2019 Where: Catholic University in Washington, DC In December 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection...continue reading.
Using linear models with binary dependent variables, a simulation study
This blog post is an excerpt of my ebook Modern R with the tidyverse that you can read for free here. This is taken from Chapter 8, in which I...continue reading.
Contributors
Below is a list of contributors to this blog. Name Role Bio Joseph Rickert Ambassador at Large Joseph is RStudio’s “Ambassador at Large” for all things R, is the chief...continue reading.
Using linear models with binary dependent variables, a simulation study
This blog post is an excerpt of my ebook Modern R with the tidyverse that you can read for free here. This is taken from Chapter 8, in which I...continue reading.
