College Hoops Conference Rankings
It’s that time of the year again — the start of March Madness, 2018. Last Sunday, the selection show announced the 68 teams, and the… Read More »College Hoops Conference Rankings
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A Common Data Analysis Pattern with a Simple Solution in R
It seems that much of the data analysis work I’ve done over the last few months has followed a “script”. First, identify data, often government-sponsored… Read More »A Common Data Analysis Pattern with a Simple Solution in R
ff and Too-Big-for-Memory Data in R — Part III
After my last blog on the use of relational databases PostgreSQL and MonetDB to help compensate for R’s RAM limitations, I received an email from a reader… Read More »ff and Too-Big-for-Memory Data in R — Part III
Jobs, Education, and R
I came across a jaw-dropping article from the Brookings think tank two weeks ago. The column noted that “household employment data reported by the Bureau of Labor… Read More »Jobs, Education, and R
My Favorite Statistical Procedure? Frequencies!
At a conference I attended a few years ago, a data scientist on a round table discussion replied to a question of what she considered… Read More »My Favorite Statistical Procedure? Frequencies!
"Kindof" Big Data in R
Ask for feedback from just about any critic of the R statistical package and you’ll hear two consistent responses: 1) R is a difficult language to learn,… Read More »"Kindof" Big Data in R