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Introduction In this post, we’ll cover how to open an Excel workbook using VBA and then call this VBA code from R. This guide will help you automate tasks in Excel directly from R, combining the strengths of both tools. We’ll break down the VBA...

Puzzles no. 514–518PuzzlesAuthor: ExcelBIAll files (xlsx with puzzle and R with solution) for each and every puzzle are available on my Github. Enjoy.Puzzle #514Today we are searching for treasure. Exactly what we need is to find highest 2x2 submatrix ...

Have you ever thought R’s approach to machine learning is outdated? Like, data analysis and visualization tools are superb. Everything feels intuitive and every following step of your workflow integrates seamlessly. That’s by design. Or, the design of the tidyverse collection of packages. R tidymodels aims to do ...

John White Alexander, Study in Black and Green I had the opportunity to present an automated Quarto dashboard on Posit’s Monthly End-to-End Workflow with Posit Team, followed by a Q&A. The project involved a script that retrieves Consume...

How to join this free online event with Jeroen Ooms. R-Universe is rOpenSci’s platform for testing, building, distributing, and discovering R packages, lead by Jeroen Ooms. R-Universe provides no-setup continuous integration, compilation for all platforms (including WebR!), accessible HTML R package manuals, a comprehensive API, and the ability for ...

A few months ago I listened to an episode on the Founder’s Journal podcast. The episode reviewed an essay, The Opportunity Cost of Everything, by Jack Raines. If you haven’t read it, then I suggest you invest 10 minutes in doing so. It will be time well spent.

John White Alexander, Study in Black and Green I had the opportunity to present an automated Quarto dashboard on Posit’s Monthly End-to-End Workflow with Posit Team, followed by a Q&A. The project involved a script that retrieves Consume...

Introduction The Paris 2024 Olympic Games featured the debut of a new Olympic sport: break dancing. The sport made a lot of headlines after Australian competitor Raygun delivered an unusual routine which was ridiculed by many internet commentators. Is ...

The R Consortium recently interviewed Sanket Sinojia, organizer of the Ahmedabad R User Group (ARUG). With over 14 years of experience in statistical programming and data sciences in the clinical... The post A New R Community in Ahmedabad, India, focused on Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Industries  appeared first on R Consortium.

Shiny applications are fantastic for turning data into interactive dashboards and web apps, making data exploration and visualization more engaging. But even the most visually appealing Shiny app can hit performance snags. Lagging visualizations, delayed user interactions, and sluggish data updates can quickly turn a promising Shiny app into a ...

This is part of the CDCPLACES blog series. To view the other posts in this series click here. Introduction This brief blog post explains the new additions to CDCPLACES 1.1.8. This update provides a few new features: Updated 2024 release data, ...

Bayesian (nonlinear) adaptive learning

Is the Mona Lisa thinking about irrational numbers? by Jerry Tuttle       As a math teacher I sometimes share the following problem-solving strategy: If you are really stuck on a problem, let it sit, come back the ...