Hierarchical clustering functionality in R is great, right? Between dist and vegdist it is possible to base your clustering on almost any method you want, from cosine to Canberra. However, what if you do want to use a different or custom method, and …
Happy New Year everyone! And given that it's a new year, it's the season for New Year's resolutions (I myself have been sadly off cake for the last week). Why do we love making New Year's resolutions so much? Well, change is hard - so hard, in fact, …
About a month ago, this classic gem popped up in my Twitter feed. For those unable to view the image, it is a Thanksgiving turkey made completely in ggplot2 by the guys over at is.R. I was so inspired by this plot I decided to see whether I could …
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post giving you an introduction to reproducible research in Python. While the principles of reproducibility stay the same no matter the language you are using, there are some specific libraries and tools that R has …
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to present at PyCon Australia, right here in my home town of Melbourne. My talk was on reproducible research, an increasingly important concept in science and data analysis as projects become more complicated and …
