DavidMSmith

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The difference between Statistics and Machine Learning

I get my daily R fortune by following Rfortunes on Twitter. This one…

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Analysis of airline performance

At the data expo held at this year's ASA meeting, the competition…

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How to use a Google Spreadsheet as data in R

One of the great strengths of R is that it promotes reproducible…

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Is the express line really faster?

You're at the supermarket. Which line should you choose for fastest service?…

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ggplot2 and the grammar of graphics

I really enjoyed Hadley Wickham's talk for the Bay Area UseR group…

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A coincidence occurred. Film at 11.

BBC News reported yesterday that the Bulgarian lottery is under investigation because…

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The Mythbusters and Statistics

I love the TV show "Mythbusters." If you've never seen the show,…

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Visualizing Hierarchical Cluster Models

The blog Getting Genetics Done features tips for analyzing genomic data, such…

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TechCrunch Trends launches, uses R

Dan Levine, Research Analyst at TechCrunch, has just launched TechCrunch Trends. The…

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Machine Learning in R, in a nutshell

Josh Reich has created a concise R script demonstrating various machine-learning techniques…

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