I am giving a talk today for the Kansas City R Users group about BUGS (Bayes Using Gibbs Sampler). I have already written extensively about BUGS and the interface to BUGS from within the R programming environment, and you can find these on my category page for Bayesian statistics. Here is a quick overview of why you might want to use BUGS and how you would use it. I’ve included links to the relevant pages on my website so you can explore this topic further on your own. Continue reading
Tag Archives: R software
PMean: Comparing two vectors with possible missing values
I want to compare two vectors in R that have the same length and identify where, if anywhere, that the two vectors don’t match. It sounds like an easy thing to do, but missing values muddy things up quite a bit. Continue reading
Recommended: foreach: Foreach looping construct for R
This is an add-on package for R that allows you to separate a lengthy programming task into different pieces, each of which can run on a separate core of your multi-core computer. Continue reading
Recommended: plotrix: Various plotting functions
R has a lot of nice plotting features built in, but this add-on package adds some more, especially the ability to designate a break in one of your axes. Continue reading
Recommended: A guide to the line style arguments for R graphics
Melissa Clarkson created a very nice two page PDF file that shows very clearly the sometimes subtle difference in how various line style arguments work in R. Highly recommended for any R programmer. Continue reading
PMean: The dget function in R is very slow
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PMean: Resources for a beginner’s workshop in R
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PMean: What I like about R
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Recommended: A Quick Guide for Developing Effective Bioinformatics Programming Skills
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Recommended: DataMind website
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