Hide a picture of Homer Simpson in a residual plot of all places? Oh it's real, you could say "surreal!" Plus a data-driven approach to investigate recent changes to the Australian census, and a cautionary reminder to check just where those numbers are coming from the next time you build a prediction model.

Plus the quest to make R the official language for the Coder Radio program reaps a new reward!


Episode Links

• This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @Rby[email protected] (Mastodon) & @RbyRyo) (X/Twitter)
• {surreal} 0.0.1: Create Datasets with Hidden Images in Residual Plots
• Gender and sexuality in Australian surveys and census
• Please Version Data
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W38

Supplement Resources

• Surfing the WSL Wave - Coder Radio episode 587 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/coder-radio/587/
• Brian (bhh32) on Nostr
• surreal https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/surreal/
• Residual Plots and Data Sets (archived version) https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100125/https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~stefanski/NSFSupported/HiddenImages/statresplots.html
• Labels for Technical Writing Projects https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/12/labels-writing-projects/
• Express to Impress: Leveraging IBCS Standards for Powerful Data Presentations https://medium.com/number-around-us/express-to-impress-leveraging-ibcs-standards-for-powerful-data-presentations-3c3a269f0ec0

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