DavidMSmith

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Object types in R: The fundamentals

If you're a self-taught R programmer, you've probably grappled with the different kinds of…

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R project named in Intelligent Enterprise 2010 Editor’s Choice Awards

Intelligent Enterprise has announced its 2010 "Editors Choice" Awards, and the R…

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Making publication-ready tables with xtable

When you use R at the command-line, the textual output is limited…

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Mapping the Massachusetts election upset with R, ctd

Last week we looked at an analysis done in R by the…

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Bay Area User Group: R-Powered Web Apps

For those in the San Francisco area, tomorrow night's Bay Area R…

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Because it’s Friday: Gravity Wells

It's a little strange to see a web comic come up with…

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NYT on breast cancer screening and probabilty

The New York Times last weekend looked at the controversy around the…

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According to Microsoft, the fourth paradigm of science is data

In scientific discovery, the first three paradigms were experimental, theoretical and (more…

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R, REvolution named in top analytic trends for 2010

Author and enterprise software executive Nenshad Bardoliwalla lists his Top 10 Trends for…

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NYT: SAS facing stiff competition

In a front-page article in Sunday's business section, the New York Times…

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