Introduction An important skill for anyone working with data is being able to create meaningful visualizations of the data and, more importantly, the relationships in that data. Probably the first thing that people think of when they realize they need … Continue reading
Data manipluation with dplyr
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To illustrate the utility of dplyr, I will perform a set of tasks both with base R and with dplyr. This is actually an example from Fox’s Companion to Applied Regression. It involves using the MathAchieve and MathAchSchool datasets from … Continue reading
Using CANSIM data in R part II
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Earlier I wrote about the R package CANSIM2R. I was trying to retrieve a series from StatsCan (supply and disposition of crude oil, table # 25-10-0063) and I ran into a problem. When the data arrived, all of the numerical … Continue reading
Working with CANSIM data
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As an economist I use lots of economic data. An important source for economic data is Statistics Canada. StatsCan has a tremendous amount of data available. However, one has to get into your computer some how to be able to … Continue reading
Blogging with RStudio
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Introduction I haven’t been doing much with this blog for quite a while now. There are lots of R related things that I’ve wanted to write about but I really wanted to do them in RStudio and RMarkdown. I’ve looked … Continue reading
They Like My Pictures
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Recently the City of Camrose held a photo contest to solicit images to use with its new website. Entrants could submit three photos taken around Camrose. The picture above (swans on Mirror Lake at sunset) was one of my submissions. … Continue reading
Simple Menu of Shortcuts
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When I first made the move to Mac, the one thing (and really the only thing) that I missed from Windows was the ease of access to frequently used programs that the Windoze start menu provides. Sure, you can leave … Continue reading