The R-Podcast Episode 1: Introduction
Here is the inaugural episode of the R-Podcast! In this episode, I take a few minutes to introduce myself and to explain the main goals of this podcast. I also define what R is and give an overview of...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 2: Getting Ready to Use R
In this episode: A couple of site updates, our first listener feedback, an overview of installing R on each major platform, and an overview of R IDEs and helpful resources for getting started with R....
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 3: Basic Interaction with R
In this episode: New versions of R and ggplot2 available, listener feedback, and an interactive session with R. The R code discussed in this episode will be available in our GitHub repository, see the...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 4: Data Structures-Introduction
In this episode: Site updates, additional screencasts about R from other sites, listener feedback, and discussion on the fundamental data structures for R: vectors, matrices, lists, and data frames....
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 5: Basic Package Management
After a brief delay here’s episode 5 of the R-Podcast. In this episode: R 2.15.0 released, listener feedback, and discussion on basic package management. I discuss helpful resources for finding...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 6: Importing Data from External Sources
In this episode: Listener feedback and importing data from external sources into R. We dive into the basics of importing delimited text files using read.table and its varients. We also discuss...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 7: Best Practices for Workflow Management
Hello everybody, I am finally back with a new episode! In this episode: Hardware issues, major update to RStudio, new forums, and discussion on managing your workflow for projects. I discuss useful...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 8: Visualization with ggplot2
I’m happy to present this jam-packed episode of the R-Podcast dedicated to using the ggplot2 package for visualization. This episode will have a companion screencast released in the next few days. I...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 11: Reproducible Analysis Part 1 (Introduction)
Season 2 of the R-Podcast is up and running! This episode begins a multi-part series on reproducible analysis using R. In this episode I discuss the usage of Sweave and LaTeX for producing reproducible...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 12: Using Version Control with R
This is not an April Fool’s joke … The R-Podcast is back once again! In this episode, I discuss the concept of version control and how you can get started with using the Git VCS right now with your R...
View ArticleThe R-Podcast Episode 13: Interview with Yihui Xie
It’s an episode of firsts on the R-Podcast! In this episode recorded on location I had the honor and privilege of interviewing Yihui Xie, author of many innovative packages such as knitr and animation....
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