This is a nice example of using R for text mining of twitter feeds, and the author gives lots of links and hints on how you could do something similar. Continue reading
Tag Archives: R software
PMean: Syllabus for Introduction to R, Fall semester 2017
I am teaching a class, Introduction to R (MEDB 5505). Here is the syllabus for Fall Semester 2017. Continue reading
PMean: Open source as a budgetary measure
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Like a lot of public universities, UMKC is having a lot of financial difficulty. They are asking for advice from faculty members on how to address this budget shortfall. Not being the bashful type, I suggested that we stop paying commercial software vendors and commercial journal publishers and rely instead on open source. Here’s the details of my letter. Continue reading
PMean: Conferences for learning R
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I heard about a new series of conferences for learning about R. I have not attended any of them, but they look interesting. Continue reading
PMean: What are the important packages for R
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I got a question from one of the students in my “Introduction to R” class asking what are the important packages for R. That’s a hard question to answer, but if I got only easy questions, they wouldn’t be paying me the big bucks. Here’s what I think. Continue reading
Recommended: Analyze Survey Data for Free
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I’ve not had a chance to test this code, but it looks pretty good for anyone who might want to analyze one of the dozens of large databases produced by the U.S. Government. Continue reading
PMean: It only looks like a blank
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I was having trouble with trailing blanks in an R program. There were some strings that looked like ” Y” and “Y ” and it’s easy enough to fix this, but one of the “Y ” values was not converting properly. The second character wasn’t a blank, but it looked like it. Here’s what I had to do. Continue reading
Recommended: Why R is Bad for You
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Arguing about R versus SAS often takes on a religious fervor, so I normally hesitate to recommend articles that trash one package or the other. But this one raises an interesting point which makes it worth reading. Note that “recommended” does not mean that I endorse these conclusions. But rather than bias you with my perception of the issue, just read this on your own. Continue reading
Recommended: Launch a Shiny App on Your Own Server in 4 Steps
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It’s very easy, apparently, to set up your own server to run Shiny apps (Shiny is a web based method for interacting with R code). If you have set up Amazon Web Services, then it is even easier. Here is a detailed account of how to do this. Once I get my own Shiny server going, I will let you know. Continue reading
PMean: Obnoxious use of red text in RStudio
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I really enjoy using RStudio, but one thing about it drives me bats. It seems to use red text for some very innocuous error messages. Continue reading