Tag: R
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Computing For Data Analysis Week 1 Overview
Week 1 of the Computing for Data Analysis course focused mostly on getting R and RStudio installed. Then it focused on some of the basics of the R language. Here are some of the topics History of R How to get help help() Data types in R numeric (real numbers) character (strings) integer (counting numbers)…
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Computing for Data Analysis Starts Today
Coursera’s Computing for Data Analysis starts today. Enroll now and start learning R and data analysis.
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5 Free Programming Languages for Data Science
R There is a package for nearly any algorithm you will ever need. That is where R really excels. It is widely used and has a strong community. The only slight downfall (in my opinion) is the cumbersome syntax. Python A very good language for beginning programmers. The syntax is quite readable and intuitive. With…
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Learn R for Free at Code School
Code School is offering a course title Try R. The course is completely free and can be completed online with the interactive tutorial. You will learn by doing. If you have been looking to learn R or need a quick refresher, this is probably a very good option.
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Big Data Right Now: Five Trendy Open Source Technologies | TechCrunch
Open Source Software can be great. TechCruch lists 5 fairly new open source technologies for big data. This is probably a good list to pay attention to for the near future. Storm Drill R Gremlin SAP Hana If you are unfamiliar with some of software on the list, please read the article for more details.…
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Data Science Webinar
David Smith of Revolution Analytics will be presenting a webinar tomorrow, Thursday, November 1, 2012. The webinar is titled, The Rise of Data Science in the Age of Big Data Analytics: Why data distillation and machine learning aren’t enough. Registration for the webinar is free. David Smith is one of the most popular bloggers on…
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Big Data E-Learning Programs
The International School of Engineering is launching 2 new online programs. Both are certificate programs and last 7 or 8 weeks. Both programs just started this week. Engineering Big Data with R and Hadoop Ecosystem This program will cover Hadoop, R, map reduce and NoSQL Essential Predictive Analytic Techniques: What Every Aspiring Data Scientist Must…
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The Statistical Sleuth in R
Nicholas Horton, Professor of Statistics at Smith College, has published a nice set of R tutorials that go along with the book The Statistical Sleuth. If you are looking to learn R, this might be a good place to start. Once again, see the R tutorials here.