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Transcript of LondonR 4 th May 2010 Richard Pugh, [email protected].
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News
• R v2.11 released on 22nd April 2010• New packages and updates to packages• The R Journal in December• Some interesting blog articles• More local user groups being set up
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R v2.11 Released!
• 64-bit Windows platform (from REvolution)• The new function vapply is like apply, but checks for consistency
of the return value• Quantile can be used on some time/date objects• Support for selecting a repository for BioConductor packages• Support for rendering bitmap images in graphics devices, via a
new function rasterImage• Various speedups and minor bug-fixes
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New Packages + Updates
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New Packages + UpdatesPackage Description
debug Allows advanced code debug features. Updated to 1.2.2
mvbutils Package preparation utilities. Updated to 2.5.1
formatR Automated code layout with UI. New
SOAR Stored object caches with R. New
glmnet Regularization path regression. Updated to 1.2
micEconSNQP Symmetric Normalized Quadratic (SNQ) profit function. Split
micEconCES Estimating the Constant Elasticity of Scale (CES) function. Split
micEcon economic analysis. Split
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New Packages + UpdatesPackage Description
WriteXLS Perl-based XLS creation. Updated to 1.9
JM Joint modelling of longitudinal and T2E data. Updated to 0.6
datatable Fast table transformations. Updated to 1.4.1
ordinal cumulative link (mixed) models for ordinal (ordered categorical) data
ggplot2 Grammer of graphics plotting. Updated to 0.8.7
Deducer UI to data manipulation and analysis capabilities. New
rms Regression Model Strategies. Updated to 2.2
extracat Visualisation of categorical data. New
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The R Journal
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The R JournalArticle by John Fox
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The R JournalArticle by John Fox
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The R JournalArticle by John Fox
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The Next Big Thing!
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More Local User Groups
+ China, Israel, Japan, Australia
BaselR Launched!
• First event on 28th April 2010• Run by Mango AG• Modelled on LondonR• 32 people attended
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Introduction to BaselR (Tillmann Krahnke, Mango AG)Graphing Pharma Data (Andreas Krause, Actelion)Graphics using ggplot2 (Yann Abraham, Novartis)
Web based R reporting (Charles Roosen, Mango AG)
Mango Training
• Intro to R• R for Developers• R for Finance• R for Pharmaceuticals
• Some public, mostly private
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Private Course
• Existing users of Excel (not programmers)• See that they can use R to replace Excel time• 2 days + 2 webinars:
– Import from CSV files– Manipulate Data– Fit Models– Produce Graphics
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Can we see some code?
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The Reaction
• Too complex• Not very approachable• What are all these $ signs and squared
brackets!
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The Course Design
• 2 days + 2 webinars:– Import from CSV files– Manipulate Data– Fit Models– Produce Graphics
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The Challenge: No $ or [ … ]
The Outcome
• 2 days + 2 webinars for users• Half day for “Super Users”• A new library for this company• A training course with no & or [ … ]
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The Code
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The Code
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The Code
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Comparison with SAS
• SAS Language– Low level: Macro Language– Procedural Language: proc something, data steps
• The R Language– Low Level: What we use?– High Level: Simple-R?
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mangosolutionsRichard Pugh, [email protected]
Agenda6.00pm Richard Pugh
Introduction
6.15pm Helen Thornewell Introducing the Royal Statistical Society's Young Statisticians Section
6.50pm Markus GesmannGetting started with integrating R and MS Office
7.25pm Patrick BurnsPortfolio Probe: Changing Fund Management
8.00pm John James Use of and Using R as on Object Oriented Language
8.30pm Drinks and Networking
mangosolutionsRichard Pugh, [email protected]
Agenda
6.00pm Richard Pugh Introduction
6.15pm Markus GesmannGetting started with integrating R and MS Office
6:50pm Patrick BurnsPortfolio Probe: Changing Fund Management
7.25pm John James Use of and Using R as on Object Oriented Language
8.00pm Drinks and Networking
