Context: I work with data from non-profit organizations, and so a big concern in many of my analyses is if and how much people are donating from one year to the next.  One of the  things I normally like to do … Continue reading → [Read more...]

Yesterday I tried to do some data processing on my really big data set in MS Excel. Wow, did it not like handling all those data!! Every time I tried to click on a different ribbon, the screen didn’t even … Continue reading → [Read more...]

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I’ve just answered my hundred billionth question on Stack Overflow that goes something like I want to calculate some statistic for lots of different groups. Although these questions provide a steady stream of easy points, its such a common and basic data analysis concept that I thought it would ... [Read more...]

It’s common knowledge that I struggle wrapping my head around the apply functions in R. That is illustrated very clearly in the following discussion on Stack Overflow: Dirk’s comment is actually spot on. I’ve asked the same damn question at least 4-5 times. Only I didn’t ... [Read more...]