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GGplot Theme Sampler: Choosing a Theme

Data visualization

R programming

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?

Correlation is NOT Causation…It May Not Even Be Correlation

Analysis

R programming

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…

Quarto Shinylive Experiment: Promising for Limited Use

R programming

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…

R Time Series Objects vs Data Frames: Advantages and Limitations

R programming

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…

Google Trends + R: gtrendsR for Powerful Trend Analytics

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Google Trends is a popular tool for all manner of curiousity related to trends in search activity on the Google search engine:

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