We often find ourselves with a complex dataset containing numerous variables. One of the initial steps in the discovery phase - the initial analysis where you get familiar with the data - is using correlations to understand the relationships between the variables. A good tool for getting a quick glimpse ...

Last week I participated in the annual RStudio conference which took place in Washington DC. As always, a great experience, with a lot of hex stickers. (Me at rstudio::conf2022, with a background of a hex stickers wall) Here are some of my takea...

Last week I participated in the annual RStudio conference which took place in Washington DC. As always, a great experience, with a lot of hex stickers. (Me at rstudio::conf2022, with a background of a hex stickers wall) Here are some of my takea...

We use Google workspace as our email and document solution (i.e., the gmail solution for businesses). A few days ago I was chatting with one of my colleagues and noticed this feature called: “Manage webhooks” in the chat window. Apparently it’s a q...

We use Google workspace as our email and document solution (i.e., the gmail solution for businesses). A few days ago I was chatting with one of my colleagues and noticed this feature called: “Manage webhooks” in the chat window. Apparently it’s a q...

Error catching can be hard to catch at times (no pun intended). If you’re not used to error handling, this short post might help you do it elegantly. There are many posts about error handling in R (and in fact the examples in the purrr package docu...

This semester I started teaching introduction to statistics and data analysis with R, at Tel-Aviv university. I put in a lot of efforts into bringing practical challenges, examples from real life, and a lot of demonstrations of statistical theory w...