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List of Public Databases from the Washington Post

The Washington Post has put together an excellent list of publicly-accessible databases,…

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Revolution Newsletter: December 2011

The most recent edition of the Revolution Newsletter is out. The news section is…

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Mapping Prosperity in France with R

The choropleth below (created by Baptiste Coulmont) is a sort of prosperity map…

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Using R to Create a Logo: Simple

R user Josh Reich, who we've featured here on the blog before,…

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Forbes: Big Data Needs to Earn Its Keep

Dan Woods at Forbes makes a salient point about Big Data: it's…

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NPR’s radio series on Big Data

Public-radio network NPR has just broadcast a 2-part series about Big Data…

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R Still the Preferred Tool of Predictive Modelers Competing at Kaggle

As reported on the Kaggle blog No Free Hunch, R remains the…

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Course: Financial Data Modeling and Analysis in R

The University of Washington is holding a web-based course which will be…

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Because It’s the Weekend: Small Multiples of the Sky

The stunning video below, which I recommend you play full-screen and in…

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Why We Need to Deal with Big Data in R

Responding to the birth rates analysis in the post earlier this week…

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