R-bloggers

I’ve spent over 40 hours so far this year delivering talks and workshops about programming, visualisation, and data science, with several more hours still to come before the end of the year. If you’d told me 10 years ago that this is someth...

I am happy to announce that our paper entitled “Right to be forgotten for mortgage insurance issued to cancer survivors: critical assessment and new proposal” has been accepted for publication in European Actuarial Journal. In this paper, we propos...

Blue Whale – CC-BY-NC-ND by Tom Benson Day 5 of 30DayMapChallenge: « A Journey » (previously). Thirteen Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) were satellite tagged in 2015 in Australia (Mӧller et al. 2020). We’ll follow their summer in the Great Southern Australian Coastal Upwelling System (GSACUS). Data is available from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (...

Web developers love JavaScript. And who can blame them, it’s a fantastic do-it-all language for making stunning websites. But what about Shiny and Shiny for Python? As it turns out, you can add JavaScript scripts to your Shiny for Python dashboards without too much trouble. Today you’ll learn ...

Puzzles no. 574–578PuzzlesAuthor: ExcelBIAll files (xlsx with puzzle and R with solution) for each and every puzzle are available on my Github. Enjoy.Puzzle #574We have some weird military drill on numbers today. Like some seargent shouting “Every firs...

Good software engineering practices are essential during the FDA submission process, especially if the software is used in the development, manufacturing, or control of drugs/medical devices. In plain English, these Good Practices ensure the software systems are safe, reliable, and compliant with regulatory requirements. On the other hand, poor ...

Summary: I’m involved in organising a hackathon, and I’d love you to take part. The open-source GeoTAM hackathon focuses on estimating turnover for individual business locations in the UK, from a variety of open datasets. Please checkout the hackathon page and sign up. There are prizes of up ...

Introduction In R programming, data filtering and manipulation are needed skills for any developer. One of the most useful operations you’ll frequently encounter is checking whether elements are NOT present in a given set. While R doesn’t have ...

Hexagonos – CC-BY-SA by Fernando Reyes Palencia Day 4 of 30DayMapChallenge: « Hexagons » (previously). Hexagonal grid? We will do statistical binning on a hexagonal grid, but not just any grid. Geodesic Discrete Global Grid S...

Introduction The ability to generate professional Excel reports programmatically is a crucial skill in data analysis and business reporting. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore how to use the openxlsx package in R to create sophisti...

Why Interactive Tables MatterWhen people think of tables, they often picture static rows and columns, a no-frills way to present data. But interactive tables are a whole different story! These tables let users engage with the data directly, exploring it in ways that feel almost hands-on. Adding features like sorting, ...

Death Valley Winter – CC-BY by street.light Day 3 of 30DayMapChallenge: « Polygons » (previously). A classic world choropleth map. We’ll use the Comparative Death Penalty Database (Anckar and Denk 2024) available on https://da...

Predictive scenarios simulation in R, Python and Excel using Techtonique API

Methods for comparing spatial patterns in raster data This is the fourth part of a blog post series on comparing spatial patterns in raster data. More information about the whole series can be found in part one. This blog post focuses...

R Code Since some time ago, I felt that I came across the term M-esitmation more often when reading articles on causal inference. Hence, it has been due time to learn a bit more about what M-estimation is about. This summer I was lucky enough to...

Lyon – CC-BY-NC-ND by Emmanuel Fromm Day 2 of 30DayMapChallenge: « Lines » (previously). We’ll make a map of the street name gender in Lyon. We need a database of french first names where we’ll find the gender. We will extract...