Articles by Jeromy Anglim

Sweave Tutorial 2: Batch Individual Personality Reports using R, Sweave, and LaTeX

November 29, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

This post documents an example of using Sweave to generate individualised personality reports based on responses to a personality test. Each report provides information on both the responses of the general sample and responses of the specific respond... [Read more...]

Getting Started with Git, EGit, Eclipse, and GitHub: Version Control for R Projects

November 28, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

This post provides information on (a) installing Git using the Eclipse plugin Egit. (b) uploading repositories to GitHub, and (c) links to resources on Git, Git and LaTeX, and Git and R. The focus is on version control for people working on R, Sweave, ... [Read more...]

Sweave Tutorial 1: Using Sweave, R, and Make to Generate a PDF of Multiple Choice Questions

November 26, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

In this post I present an example of using Sweave to prepare a PDF of formatted multiple choice questions.More broadly the example shows how to use Sweave to incorporate elements of a databaseinto a formatted LaTeX document.It aims to be useful to any...

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makefiles for Sweave, R and LaTeX using Eclipse on Windows

November 22, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

This post provides a brief introduction to make and makefiles. In particular it describes how to set up make on Windows with an emphasis on using make in Eclipse on projects involving R, Sweave, and LaTeX. Overview make is software that uses makefile... [Read more...]

How to calculate confidence intervals of correlations with R

November 11, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

This post sets out how to calculate confidence intervals for correlations using R. Because I often get this question from people unfamiliar with R, it assumes no prior knowledge of R. Formulas Online Statsbookhas formulas for calculating the confiden... [Read more...]

A 34 Minute Video on Using R to Analyse Winter Olympic Medal Data

May 16, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

In this post I present a 34-minute video on using R. The video is based on an analysis of 1924 to 2006 Winter Olympic Medals that I presented previously in text form. The video aims to to show what an interactive session in R might look like using ... [Read more...]

Abbreviations of R Commands Explained: 250+ R Abbreviations

May 10, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

The R programming language includes many abbreviations. Abbreviations exist in function names, argument names, and allowed values for arguments. This post expands on over 150 R abbreviations with the aim of making it easier for users new to R who are trying to memorise R commands. ContextAbbreviations save time when typing ... [Read more...]

Videos on Data Analysis with R: Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Resources

May 4, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

If you want to learn about R through videos, there are now a large number of options.This post provides links to many of these video under the headings of:(a) What is R?(b) Introductory R, and(c) Intermediate and Advanced R.What is R?If you are evaluat...

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Free Video Courses on R, Structural Equation Modelling, Causal Inference, and Regression from Uni Jena

April 22, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

The Department of methodology and Evaluation Research at Universität Jena has made available a set of free online video courses on data analysis.They cover topics that are particularly relevant to psychology and social science researchers, including ...

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Updated Site Map for Jeromy Anglim’s Blog Psychology and Statistics

March 23, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

Every Six months or so I like to update the Site Mapfor my blog jeromyanglim.blogspot.com. Thus, if you're new to the blog, The Site Map provides an overview of previous blog content organised by topic. RSS Feed: https://feeds.feedburner.com/jeromyang... [Read more...]

Using Regular Expressions in R: Case Study in Cleaning a BibTeX Database

March 9, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

I recently had to clean up a BibTeX database containing around 1,000 references. One of the clean up tasks was to ensure that page numbers were separated with en-dashes as opposed to hyphens. This post sets out how I used regular expressions in R to co...

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Getting Started with Sweave: R, LaTeX, Eclipse, StatET, & TeXlipse

February 23, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

Being able to press a single button that runs all your statistical analyses and integrates the output into your final report is a beautiful thing. If you have not already heard, this is what Sweave can do for you. However, getting your computer to run ...

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Analysis of Winter Olympic Medal Data Using R

February 18, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

The Winter Olympics are on. The Guardian's DataBlog has graciously compiled a database on Winter Olympic Medals. Thus, I thought I'd run a few quick analyses on the data in R. In this post I was hoping to show how one could quickly churn out ...

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A Case Study in Optimising Code in R

February 16, 2010 | Jeromy Anglim

This post presents an experience I had optimising the efficiency of code for a data analysis task in R. I'm not an expert in programming nor code optimisation. However, I thought my experience might make an interesting case study for others at a simila...

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Matrix Algebra in R: Resources, Videos, Textbooks

December 17, 2009 | Jeromy Anglim

I noticed how John Myles White has posted a useful overview of Matrix Algebra in R. This post lists a couple of other resources that are available on the Internet on the topic, including R resources, online video courses, and online textbooks.Matrix Al...

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Memory Management in R: A Few Tips and Tricks

November 23, 2009 | Jeromy Anglim

This post discusses a few strategies that I have used to to manage memory in R.Stack Overflow TipsStack Overflow has a thread on Memory Management Tricks. I tend to follow these suggestions:.ls.objects(): There's a nice function (.ls.objects...

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Generalized Estimating Equations | General, R, and SPSS Resources

November 9, 2009 | Jeromy Anglim

I was recently asked about Generalised Estimating Equations (GEEs). I haven't yet used the technique, but it's on my list of things to learn more about. This post catalogues some of the Internet resources on GEEs.General ResourcesHanley et al...

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Tips for Using StatET and Eclipse for Data Analysis in R

October 29, 2009 | Jeromy Anglim

My favourite editor for conducting analysis in R is the StatET plug-in for Eclipse. This post discusses an assortment of tips and tricks that I've discovered to make this editing environment even better.SearchSearch (Control + H): I maintain projects i...

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Data Mining and R

October 24, 2009 | Jeromy Anglim

This post lists a few data mining resources in R. I also provide a few observations on the distinction between data mining, data analysis, and statistics as it pertains to the analysis work that I do in psychology.Online ResourcesThe classic book The E...

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Articles by Jeromy Anglim

Sweave Tutorial 2: Batch Individual Personality Reports using R, Sweave, and LaTeX

Getting Started with Git, EGit, Eclipse, and GitHub: Version Control for R Projects

Sweave Tutorial 1: Using Sweave, R, and Make to Generate a PDF of Multiple Choice Questions

makefiles for Sweave, R and LaTeX using Eclipse on Windows

How to calculate confidence intervals of correlations with R

More Free Online Instructional Videos on R

A 34 Minute Video on Using R to Analyse Winter Olympic Medal Data

Abbreviations of R Commands Explained: 250+ R Abbreviations

Videos on Data Analysis with R: Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Resources

Free Video Courses on R, Structural Equation Modelling, Causal Inference, and Regression from Uni Jena

Updated Site Map for Jeromy Anglim’s Blog Psychology and Statistics

Using Regular Expressions in R: Case Study in Cleaning a BibTeX Database

Getting Started with Sweave: R, LaTeX, Eclipse, StatET, & TeXlipse

Analysis of Winter Olympic Medal Data Using R

A Case Study in Optimising Code in R

Matrix Algebra in R: Resources, Videos, Textbooks

Memory Management in R: A Few Tips and Tricks

Generalized Estimating Equations | General, R, and SPSS Resources

Tips for Using StatET and Eclipse for Data Analysis in R

Data Mining and R

Articles by Jeromy Anglim

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