Data Science

5½ Reasons to Ditch Spreadsheets for Data Science
Should you use spreadsheets for data science? This article argues that spreadsheets invite chaos. Writing code is poetry for data science.
Discourse Network Analysis: Undertaking Literature Reviews in R
Literature review using R with RQDA and iGraph. This method uses qualitative coding and quantitative discourse network analysis.
Celebrate Halloween with Creepy Computer Games in R
This article translates code from the 1983 Creepy Computer Games book by Uborn Publishing. Be careful not to get caught by the skeletons!
Mapping and Geocoding with ggmap and the Google API
Geocoding transforms a description to a location on the Earth's surface. This article explains geocoding with ggmap and the Google API.
Flat Earth Mathematics with examples in the R Language
The idea that the earth is flat is unfortunately gaining popularity. This article discusses flat earth mathematics using the ggplot package in R.
Call Centre Workforce Planning Using Erlang C in R language
This article explains how to undertake Call Centre Workforce Planning using Erlang C in R, plus a Monte Carlo simulation to manage uncertainty.
Project Euler 33: Digit Cancelling Fractions
Solutions to Project Euler 33 in R: Farey sequence to list all fractions between 0 and 1, visualsed with a Ford Circles.
Analyse Definitions of Marketing with Rvest and Tidytext
This article describes how to scrape a website to analyse 72 definitions of marketing using the Rvest and Tidytext packages in the R language.