What’s New in R: October 14, 2024
Welcome to this week’s edition of What’s New in R! This week, we’re featuring a package for tidy country-level data, insights from the UK COVID-19 dashboard team, and a guide on using iteration in R for reproducible data science. Let’s dive in!
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This package (hat tip to R Weekly) provides a nice collection of county-level data. Best of all, developer Dennis Irorere has set it up to return data in a tidy format, making it ready for analysis, visualization, etc.
NHS-R Podcast Episode 2 - Public Health England COVID dashboard team
In this episode of the NHS-R Podcast, the team behind the UK COVID-19 dashboard discusses their experiences and challenges in developing and maintaining the dashboard during the pandemic. They share insights into their roles, the technologies they use, and the importance of user feedback in shaping the dashboard.
Reproducible Data Science in R: Iterate, don’t duplicate
Iteration is one of the most powerful features of programming. Being able to write code to do something once, and then re-run it however many times you want can feel like a super power. Working with iteration, though, can be challenging. In this blog post, Anthony Martinez gives an overview of various ways to use iteration when working in R.
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