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- Interview with a forced convert to R from Matlab
- A first step towards R from spreadsheets
- Plot ranges of data in R
- A statistical review of ’Thinking, Fast and Slow’ by Daniel Kahneman
- The 3 dots construct in R
- Translating between R and SQL: the basics
- An R debugging example
- R database interfaces
- R and social media
- On the acceptance of R
- The joy of data analysis
- The options mechanism in R
- A corner on convenient data analysis
- Living it up with computational errors
- Bricks not monoliths
- 100 savvy sites on statistics
- The AllTrials campaign
Views at other sites are not included — that is, views at R-bloggers and statsblogs.
This ordering gives an unfair advantage to posts that were written early in the year.
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This ordering is overly favorable to recent posts since readership tends to be highest when posts are new.
- A first step towards R from spreadsheets
- A statistical review of ’Thinking, Fast and Slow’ by Daniel Kahneman
- Translating between R and SQL: the basics
- Interview with a forced convert to R from Matlab
- Plot ranges of data in R
- The joy of data analysis
- An R debugging example
- The 3 dots construct in R
- R and social media
- R database interfaces
- On the acceptance of R
- The options mechanism in R
- Living it up with computational errors
- A corner on convenient data analysis
- 100 savvy sites on statistics
- Bricks not monoliths
- The AllTrials campaign
Soundtrack
Another Brick in the Wall
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall
from “Another Brick in the Wall” by Roger Waters
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Make a new plan, Stan
from “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
Celluloid Heroes
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
– from “Celluloid Heroes” by Ray Davies
Little Plastic Castle
And the little plastic castle
Is a surprise every time
– from “Little Plastic Castle” by Ani DiFranco
Hold On
They hung a sign up in our town
“if you live it up, you won’t
live it down”
Ode an die Freude
Joy drives the wheels in the great cosmic clock
from “Ode an die Freude” by Friedrich Schiller
jun 25, 26
Towards the basic R mindset. Previously The post ”A first step towards R from spreadsheets” provides an introduction to switching from spreadsheets to R. It also includes a list of [...]
jun 25, 26
I failed to find Kahneman’s book in the economics section of the bookshop, so I had to ask where it was. ”Oh, that’s in the psychology section.” It should have [...]
jun 25, 26
An introductory comparison of using the two languages. Background R was made especially for data analysis and graphics. SQL was made especially for databases. They are allies. The data structure [...]

