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GGplot Theme Sampler: Choosing a Theme

dataviz
r
Sooner or later, the times comes to move beyond the default ggplot2 grey theme and explore other options. But which theme to use? And When?
Oct 20, 2024
John Yuill

BC Beer Sales Analysis: Commercial, Regional, Micro Brew 2016-2023

liquor stats
reporting
analysis
A look at data on BC beer sales by brewery type for Canadian breweries, taken from the quarterly British Columbia Liquor Distribution Board ‘Liquor Market Review’. This is a…
Jun 30, 2024
John Yuill

BC Liquor Sales Analysis: Beer 2016-2023

liquor stats
beer
reporting
analysis
This is a continuation of a previous analysis of annual liquor sales in British Columbia and quarter-of-year patterns in BC liquor sales, based on data from British Columbia…
Mar 26, 2024
John Yuill

Correlation is NOT Causation…It May Not Even Be Correlation

analysis
r
statistics
Most people recognize that correlation does not imply causation, and that if correlation between two variables is detected, further steps must be taken to determine if there…
Mar 24, 2024
John Yuill

Quarto Shinylive Experiment: Promising for Limited Use

R
quarto
shiny
Simple example demonstrates the benefits of embedding Shiny apps in Quarto documents. This technology has some great potential for expanding the use of Shiny apps, although…
Jan 27, 2024
John Yuill

BC Liquor Sales Analysis: Quarter-of-Year Patterns 2015-2023

liquor stats
reporting
analysis
(Quarters based on BC LDB fiscal yr Apr-Mar: Q1=Apr, May, Jun. Period is 2015-2023)
Nov 19, 2023
John Yuill

BC Liquor Sales Analysis: Annual Trends 2016-2022

liquor stats
reporting
analysis
R
British Columbia Liquor Distribution Board releases its ‘Liquor Market Review’ on a quarterly basis, covering dollar and litre sales across major alcoholic beverage types of …
Nov 5, 2023
John Yuill

Crypto Currency (BTC) PRices: Any Tradeable Daily Patterns?

R
analysis
crpto-currency
I’ve come across discussion on day-of-week patterns in Bitcoin in various circles, with the most common suggestion being that Bitcoin tends to be higher during the weekdays…
May 28, 2022
John Yuill

R Time Series Objects vs Data Frames: Advantages and Limitations

R
time-series
As I learn more and more about R, questions often arise about which packages/methods/tools to use for a given situation. R is a vast - and growing - universe and I’m not…
Jan 30, 2022
John Yuill

Google Trends + R: gtrendsR for Powerful Trend Analytics

R
APIs
Google Trends is a popular tool for all manner of curiousity related to trends in search activity on the Google search engine:
Jan 16, 2022
John Yuill
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