Coding in R is useless without interesting research questions; and even the best questions remain unanswered without data. RStudio provides a number of convenient ways to acces data, among which the possibility to write SQL code chunks in Rmarkdown, to run these chunks and to assign the value of the query result directly to a […]
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Text Mining: Detect Strings: Word Lookup in a Large Corpus of Phrases Using a Large Dictionary with Julia
After achieving an optimized string detection algorithm in R for 1 milion phrases using a 200k large dictionary, I wondered if I can get better results in Julia. My first attempt at this was a catastrophe. Within 24 hours, the Julia community helped me to learn some basics of Julia code optimization and proposed a […]
Radar charts with R
Radar charts, also called spider charts, serve to compare profiles of individuals. They are most useful if every profile is compared to an average profile. They are most pertinent when the order of the axis has an inherent sense, such as cardinal directions, the surroundings of an individual (the level of noise from left, right, […]
COVID-19 Coronavirus cases in absolute numbers and per capita – evolution
Graphics of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated regularly since March 31st. Source code for graphic production included. Excellent graphics of the evolution of the COVID-19 have been made by John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times or by Lisa Charlotte Rost for the Grand Continent (observatoire Coronavirus : tendances globales). Not only use they […]