Science Research Weekly

Science Research Weekly

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Science Research Weekly episodes

  • Episode 5: Stretching the Limits and Vigorous Calisthenics

    In this episode, I stretch before vigorous calisthenics, give a thumbs up to O’Reilly coding books, get to the bottom of R vectorization, try not to panic during   debugging, and showcase the R-package ‘fauxnaif’.

    References:

    • A NSFD Discretization of Two-Dimensional Singularly Perturbed Semilinear Convection-Diffusion Problems
    • Misnomers regarding outliers and their usefulness in statistical modeling
    • On Bartlett's sphericity test for correlation
    • Two perspectives on numerical integration
    • R 4.2.0 Released
    • Parameter vs Statistic: Examples & Differences
    • Spurious Correlation: Definition, Examples & Detecting
    • Hey, check this out, it’s really cool: A Bayesian framework for interpreting findings from impact evaluations
    • Top 10 Best R Books For Beginners
    • How to create your own functions in R
    • RObservations #30: Fixing R’s “messy string concatenation” with a special function
    • Where for (loop) ARt Thou?
    • RStudio Community Table Gallery
    • Don’t Panic! a Scientific Approach to Debugging Production Failure

    • R   packages:

      • CircularSilhouette:   Fast Silhouette on Circular or Linear Data Clusters
      • forplo:   Flexible Forest Plots
      • pspatreg:   Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Semiparametric Regression Models with Spatial   Lags
      • SLBDD:   Statistical Learning for Big Dependent Data
      • cleaR:   Clean the R Console and Environment
      • gameR:   Color Palettes Inspired by Video Games
      • prettymapr:   Scale Bar, North Arrow, and Pretty Margins in R
      • fauxnaif:   Convert Values to NA
      • 8 min
      • Episode 4: Stealing Python’s Thunder and Rolling Your Rs

        In this episode, I jump into Julia packages, estimate how to pronounce the generalized Kibria-Lukman estimator, commiserate with Python, and showcase the R-package ‘rsconnect’.


        References:

        • Generalized Kibria-Lukman Estimator: Method, Simulation, and Application
        • Trending Julia Packages
        • Use a heat map to visualize an ordinal response in longitudinal data
        • The McNemar test in SAS
        • Happy Birthday Neyman: What was Neyman opposing when he opposed the ‘Inferential’ Probabilists? Your weekend Phil Stat reading
        • How to Interpret Adjusted R-Squared and Predicted R-Squared in Regression Analysis
        • Three Principles of Experimental Designs
        • MLDataR – Real-world Datasets for Machine Learning Applications
        • Getting started with Python using R and reticulate
        • Text Analysis of Job Descriptions for Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers and Data Analysts
        • R-packages:

          • bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown
          • rconfig: Manage R Configuration at the Command Line
          • BayesPPD:  Bayesian Power Prior Design
          • spatialreg: Spatial Regression Analysis
          • pagoda2: Single Cell Analysis and Differential Expression
          • microeco: Microbial Community Ecology Data Analysis
          • paletteknife: Create Colour Scales and Legend from Continuous or Categorical Vectors
          • starter: Starter Kit for New Projects
          • rsconnect: Deployment Interface for R Markdown Documents and Shiny Applications
          • 7 min
          • Episode 3: Jackknifing, Leibniz, and Feeling the Python Breeze

            In this episode, I play with jackknives, chuckle over Python, list upcoming R conferences, and showcase the R-package ‘RcppBDT’.


            References:

            Additive Noise-Induced System Evolution (ANISE)

            Face Recognition in Single Sample Per Person Fusing Multi-Scale Features Extraction and Virtual Sample Generation Methods

            An Epidemiological Compartmental Model With Automated Parameter Estimation and Forecasting of the Spread of COVID-19 With Analysis of Data From Germany and Brazil

            Accelerating Jackknife Resampling for the Canonical Polyadic Decomposition

            The last Python 3.11 alpha (3.11.0a7) is available

            New methods for solving differential equations in SAS

            Pascal matrices and inverses

            Enhancements to HTML Documentation

            Some discussion of “how to get confident with statistics”: Reading, practicing, and questioning

            Permutation vs Combination: Differences & Examples

            Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test: Uses & Examples

            SPSS Syntax 101

            The sftime Package

            To impute or not: the case of an RCT with baseline and follow-up measurements

            Why you should(n’t) care about Monads if you’re an R programmer

            Bayesian Estimation by using rjags Package

            Upcoming R conferences (2022)


            R-packages:

            clusterHD: Tools for Clustering High-Dimensional Data

            Allspice: RNA-Seq Profile Classifier

            cheatR: Catch Cheaters

            spooky: Time Feature Extrapolation Using Spectral Analysis and Jack-Knife Resampling

            taxonbridge: Create Custom Taxonomies Based on the NCBI Taxonomy and GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

            wrMisc: Analyze Experimental High-Throughput (Omics) Data

            findInFiles: Find Pattern in Files

            mclogit: Multinomial Logit Models, with or without Random Effects or Overdispersion

            aRtsy: Generative Art with 'ggplot2'

            glmm: Generalized Linear Mixed Models via Monte Carlo Likelihood Approximation

            glmtoolbox: Set of Tools to Data Analysis using Genera

            RcppBDT: 'Rcpp' Bindings for the Boost Date_Time Library

            9 min
          • Episode 2: Lies, Two-Truths and a Lie, and Statistical R-packages

            In this episode, I drink from the firehose of CRAN packages, learn a use for ‘two truths and a lie’ in the statistics classroom, and showcase the R-package ‘pipeliner’.


            References:

            https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2022.848898/abstract

            https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2022.852314/full

            https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-announce/2022/000681.html

            https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_date.html

            https://www.spss-tutorials.com/open-excel-file-in-spss/

            https://www.spss-tutorials.com/spss-missing-values-for-string-variables/

            https://errorstatistics.com/2022/04/05/insevere-tests-of-severe-testing/

            https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/04/04/two-truths-and-a-lie-as-a-class-participation-activity/

            https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/04/05/confidence-intervals-compatability-intervals-uncertainty-intervals/

            https://www.statisticshowto.com/research-methods-qualitative-research-and-quantitative-research/

            https://statisticsbyjim.com/basics/cohort-study/

            https://statisticsbyjim.com/hypothesis-testing/sampling-error/

            https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/04/paper-semi-markov-modeling-for-cancer-insurance/

            https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/04/teaching-data-science-in-the-cloud/

            https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/04/new-features-in-r-4-2-0/

            https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/04/bio7-3-4-released/

            https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pipeliner/index.html

            https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pipeliner/vignettes/Introduction.html

            8 min
          • Episode 1: Getting a Flat Distribution Under Us

            In this episode, I brace myself for the R release of Vigorous Calisthenics, scratch my head at Lyapunov Exponents, survey the brewing battlefield in the AI/ML Wars, and showcase the R-package 'numform'.


            References:

            https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2021/RJ-2021-109/RJ-2021-109.pdf

            https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2021/RJ-2021-080/RJ-2021-080.pdf

            https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v101i12

            https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2022.818799/full

            https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2022.869999/full

            https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2022.839669/full

            https://cran.r-project.org/index.html

            https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2022/03/python-3110a6-is-available.html

            https://blog.python.org/2022/03/python-3103-3911-3813-and-3713-are-now.html

            https://blog.python.org/2022/03/python-3104-and-3912-are-now-available.html

            https://julialang.org/blog/2022/02/10years/

            https://www.statistics.com/data-literacy-the-chainsaw-case/

            https://errorstatistics.com/2022/03/23/the-ai-ml-wars-explain-or-test-black-box-models/

            https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/03/27/the-examples-you-see-in-the-textbooks-are-not-representative-of-the-sorts-of-problems-you-see-in-the-real-world/

            https://statisticsbyjim.com/regression/interpret-coefficients-p-values-regression/

            https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/03/february-2022-top-40-new-cran-packages/

            https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/03/how-i-analyze-100-ggplots-at-once/

            https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/numform/numform.pdf

            8 min

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