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Bachet’s Four Weights Problem

Puzzle Corner

Learn how to solve Bachet’s Four Weights Problem using R, with code and explanations to measure weights from 1 to 40 efficiently.

Examining Meta-Analysis

In this post we would like to review the idea of meta-analysis and compare a traditional, frequentist style, random effects meta-analysis to Bayesian methods.

John Mount, Joseph Rickert

October 2024: Top 40 New CRAN Packages

Top 40

One hundred eighty-one new packages made CRAN’s final cut in October.

100 Bushels of Corn, Revisited

Puzzle Corner

We find more solutions to the 100 Bushels of Corn puzzle using the numbers R package.

John Mount, Nina Zumel

100 Bushels of Corn

Puzzle Corner

100 bushes of corn are distributed to 100 people such that every man receives 3 bushels, every woman 2 bushels, and every child 1/2 a bushel. How many men, women, and children are there? (Solved with R).

Manifold Learning

Manifold Learning reduces data dimensions to discover patterns for analysis and visualization. This post provides an overview of Manifold Learning and its algorithms, the tsne package, and other R tools and resources.

R Work Opportunities

R Community

Explore new job opportunities that highlight R skills.

Isabella Velásquez

September 2024: Top 40 New CRAN Packages

Top 40

Two hundred thirty new packages made it to CRAN in September. Here are my “Top 40” selections in 17 categories.

August 2024: Top 40 New CRAN Packages

Top 40

“Top 40” is back, broadcasting on the new R Works blog.

Welcome to R Works!

R Community

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