Publications by DataCamp Blog
New Course: Learn Data Visualization in R with Our ggvis Tutorial
The latest interactive course in the RStudio track is now available on DataCamp: ggvis tutorial. The first part of the tutorial is available for free, so everyone can now learn interactively how to start creating stunning ggvis data visualizations in R. All courses in the RStudio track are self-paced, and combine challenging interactive exer...
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Switch from SAS, SPSS or STATA to R with our latest course
If you already know SAS, SPSS or Stata, you don’t need to spend time learning how to analyze data. You need a course that focuses on translating your knowledge into R. A course that facilitates switching from SAS, SPSS or STATA to R. That’s why DataCamp’s latest interactive course focuses on statisticians, data analysts, academic instituti...
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Revolution R Enterprise tutorial: Free 8h interactive tutorial on Big Data Analytics
In need for better ways to handle large data sets? Interested in manipulating, visualizing, and analysing large datasets with RevoScaleR? Then make sure to have a look at this free hands-on Revolution R Enterprise tutorial on Big Data Analytics by Revolution Analytics and DataCamp.Everything takes place in the online interactive learning interfa...
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New Course: Learn R Statistics Online With Our Introduction to Statistics
The best way to learn is at your own pace. Combining the interactive R learning environment of DataCamp and the expertise of Prof. Conway of Princeton, we offer you an extensive online course on introductory statistics with R. Start learning now…Whether you are a professional using statistics in your job, an academic wanting a refresher on sp...
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Building your own DataCamp course with GitHub
This post builds upon the first post about DataCamp Teach, where you saw how you can create a brand new DataCamp course from scratch. Creating a course on Datacamp is very easy, but things can go wrong if you’re coding up your own course and your source files can’t be understood by the DataCamp parsers. In that case, the build messages on D...
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New R course on Coursera: Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
Yesterday (Monday 1st of September), a new session of Data Analysis and Statistical Inference, taught by Doctor Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel from Duke university, has started on Coursera. Just like with the previous run, all labs take place in DataCamp’s interactive learning environment.The R course Data Analysis and Statistical Inference will teach...
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2015 in review and a preview of 2016
DataCamp’s mission is to build the best online platform for data science education with a focus on R and Python. In this post, we share our journey during 2015 and our plans for 2016 (hint: we’re hiring)*: 2015 IN REVIEW 2015 – The data** Since we’re all obsessed with data, let’s start with some numbers: In 2015… the number of reg...
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Get notified on R packages documentation and manuals updates
Today’s highly active R user base is developing, re-developing, and releasing R packages documentation and manuals at a never-before-seen rate. While this is fantastic news for the R community as such, it inevitably also causes growing pains as mentioned before.One of the often cited problems is the painful and time-consuming task to keep t...
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New Course: Learn Data Manipulation in R with dplyr
DataCamp just launched its latest interactive course: dplyr. This new course was developed in close collaboration with Garrett Grolemund, RStudio’s master instructor. By taking this dplyr tutorial, you will be challenged one step at a time to master the essentials about transforming data sets fast and intuitively with the dplyr package. Start t...
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Computational finance with R course: an interactive tutorial
As of today (Tuesday 26th of August), a new session of Professor Eric Zivot’s course on computational finance and financial econometrics starts on Coursera. Just like the previous run of the course, most R labs and R assignments will take place in DataCamp’s interactive learning environment. It’s a great course to get you started in doi...
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