Unlearning the Tidyverse

June 28, 2026 | https://pacha.dev/blog

Unlearning the Tidyverse R My motivation to unlearn the Tidyverse after eight years using it. Author Mauricio “Pachá” Vargas S. Published June 29, 2026 Why I have been working in a project with the University of Texas that showed some ABI issues (e.g.,... [Read more...]

R’ousseeuw²⁶ prize!

June 28, 2026 | xi'an

Great news that a major Statistics prize like the Rousseeuw Prize goes to the R Core Team, esp. Brian Ripley (University of Oxford), Martin Mächler (ETH Zürich), Kurt Hornik (WU Wien), Peter Dalgaard (Copenhagen Business School), and Luke Tierney (University of Iowa). R is indeed a unique phenomenon, ...
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stick function for the EDA in time series

June 26, 2026 | Ivan Svetunkov

You have probably seen my post about the STI classification of Hans Levenbach (this one). Well, I’ve decided to implement it, and it has landed in the greybox package for R/Python. What’s greybox? It is a package for statistical modelling focusing on forecasting and time series analysis. ... [Read more...]

SIM2 climate data

June 24, 2026 | Michael

Temperature change in France – CC-BY by University of Reading As France enters its second heatwave of 2026, can we produce more detailed plots than the excellent visualizations provided by ShowYourStripes? MétéoFrance offers its monthly SI...
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EuroBioC2026 conference recap

June 18, 2026 | Laurah Ondari

The European Bioconductor Conference 2026 (EuroBioC2026) took place from June 3-5, 2026, in Turku, Finland. Hosted by the University of Turku and the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics at BioCity, the conference brought together the Bioconducto...
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Likert Scale Questions: Your In-Depth Guide

June 18, 2026 | Unknown

A Likert scale (pronounced LICK-ert, not "LIKE-ert") is a psychometric rating scale used in surveys and questionnaires to measure attitudes, opinions, and perceptions. Named after American social psychologist Rensis Likert, who developed it in 1932, it remains the most widely used approach to scaling responses in survey research today. Key Takeaways ...
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