Category " Data Analysis"

R: The most powerful and most widely used statistical software

Revolution Analytics, the makers of the Revolution R Enterprise software, have just released a great video to introduce R to more people. "What is R? is a 90 second introduction to the powerful world of R. We use R in both the Data Analysis and Data Visualisation workshops. This is why:


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Science Craft: Workshops that Work

As the summer draws to a close, we thought this would be a good time for an update on what we've been up to at Science Craft. This summer, our Scientific Writing workshops have benefited from guest lectures by Andy Hufton (editor of Molecular Systems Biology) and Adam Wilkins (former editor-in-chief of Bioessays and currently editor at Genetics) each providing an editor's behind-the-scenes perspective...


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Why Use R? R’s 3 Core Strengths: Simplicity, Power, Flexibility

In my experience, most biologists justify their continued use of Microsoft Excel with the excuse "better the devil you know". It doesn't have to be that way! R is a statistical programming environment that is not only extremely powerful and highly flexible but is also surprisingly easy to use. In this post, I'd like to introduce the absolute beginner to some of the core strengths of R that set it apart...


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