With recent major updates in two core packages, the tidyverse has substantially improved in the flexible options it offers for data wrangling. Here are five examples of what I mean.
Tag Archives: Programming
Data Scientists Should Learn Through Play
I first heard of Learning Through Play when I sent my kids to pre-school, but now I realize it’s how all Data Scientists should learn
Visualizing How Networks Change Over Time
Watching phenomena change over time is a big component of modern data science techniques and is the basis for time series methodologies. However, when it comes to networks, whether of people or something else, I don’t see a lot of work being done on understanding how they change over time. In this article – the last of my project based on the Friends TV series – I look at ways that you can create visualizations of changing networks using R (for more basic methods) and the Javascript D3 library (for more advanced methods).
What you need to know about dplyr 1.0.0 – Part 1: The across() adverb
In this article I want to highlight one of the key developments of this release – the across() function.
What Does It Take To Be a Qualified Data Scientist?
Everyone is now calling themselves a Data Scientist. No matter what position I am hiring for, that term is on over 80% of the resumes I look at. It has actually made me start to ignore the term because it is not a differentiator of talent any more.
Ten Time-Saving R Hacks
The more coding I do, the more sensitive I become to inefficiency. Here are ten hacks I use regularly to try to minimize distractions and keep up my production pace.
Create Amazing Graph Visualizations Using D3.js
In a follow up to a previous post, I move my Game of Thrones graph into a really cool visualization in Javascript’s D3 library.
Why choose between R and Python when you can choose both?
The reticulate package allows R and Python to work together — here’s a tutorial
Ten more random useful things in R you may not know about
I struggled to keep it to ten last time, so here’s ten more for you
Compose and play music in R with the Rmusic package
Introducing a fun, experimental package that allows you to compose simple musical tunes and play them in your R session