The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The package names in the table are clickable if ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. (Related posts: Exploring survey data with the pewmethods R package, Weighting ...

In addition to being open source (i.e. FREE, which is awesome!), there is a large and constantly growing community of people sharing their "R packages" (which is even more awesome!). These packages ...

A 2021 Chevy Corvette fitted with what the new-for-2021 Stingray R package has been photographed at the Rolex 24 Hour race, which Corvette Racing just finished sweeping (more on that later). In August ...

For years, geneticist Helene Royo used commercial software to analyse her work. She would extract DNA from the developing sperm cells of mice, send it for analysis and then fire up a package called ...

Do you need to add LLM capabilities to your R scripts and applications? Here are three tools you'll want to know. When we first looked at this space in late 2023, many generative AI R packages focused ...

From IDE plugins to external chatbots and running LLMs locally, these new and emerging tools are bringing the generative AI revolution to R. My previous article focused on some of the best tools for ...

R is hot. Whether measured by more than 10,000 add-on packages, the 95,000+ members of LinkedIn’s R group or the more than 400 R Meetup groups currently in existence, there can be little doubt that ...