Publications by Oscar
Big Book of R has over 200 books!
Way back in August 2020, I launched Big Book of R, a collection of free (and some paid) R programming books organised by categories like Geospatial, Statistics, Packages and many more. What started off as a 100 book collection has now grown to over 200 :D! Anyway, I felt was time to update the header image: I want to thank the many contributo...
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9 new R books added ???
This is the first time I’m writing up a blog post to summarise new books that have been added to Big Book Of R. I’ll keep doing so in future! A quick thank you to @LeganaFingerfut for adding R for Health Data Science, and to @RCoderWeb for adding the lidR package guide. R for Health Data Science by Ewan Harrison and Riinu Pius In this age ...
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10 new books added to Big Book of R
21 July 2021 In this post I’m highlighting 10 new books added to Big Book of R. Thank you to the authors for writing them and thanks to R Posts you might have missed who I got a bunch of these from. Hiring Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers Roy Keyes It’s quite possible that the only thing more confusing than defining data scienc...
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Mistakes: You’ll make a few
Running into errors and warnings is a completely normal part of programming – even the best of the best can count on it happening daily! Getting comfortable with what the errors mean and how to find the solution is part of your learning journey. Here’s a checklist (pdf /jpg) with some common errors you’ll encounter. When you’ve collected...
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Another 9 R books added to BigBookofR
The collection of R books at BigBookofR continues to grow! Thanks to @erictleaungu , @StanLazic, @rohmanoabdur, @preposterior, @lago67522285 and @lfvasconcelos_ for their contributions. Computing for the social sciences By Dr. Benjamin Soltoff The goal of this course is to teach you basic computational skills and provideyou with the means to ...
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Another 9 R books added to BigBookofR
The collection of R books at BigBookofR continues to grow! Thanks to @erictleaungu , @StanLazic, @rohmanoabdur, @preposterior, @lago67522285 and @lfvasconcelos_ for their contributions. Computing for the social sciences By Dr. Benjamin Soltoff The goal of this course is to teach you basic computational skills and provide you with the means to lea...
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Mistakes: you’ll make a few
Running into errors and warnings is a completely normal part of programming – even the best of the best can count on it happening daily! Getting comfortable with what the errors mean and how to find the solution is part of your learning journey. Here’s a checklist (pdf /png) with some common errors you’ll encounter. When you’ve collected ...
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6 New books added to BigBookofR: Javascript, Business Case Analysis, Indicator Dev and a bunch for Motorsports!
25 September 2021 Yes fellow R friends, the book list keeps growing nicely. Thank you very much to the contributors (both in submissions and for authoring these books!) : Colin Fay , Robert D. Brown III , William Becker and Tony Hirst JavaScript 4 Shiny – Field Notes by Colin Fay JavaScript in practice for Shiny users. Freely avaiable on...
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A Hiring Manager’s review of the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate syllabus
30 November 2021 “Is the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate any good?” Whether you’re a job seeker looking to boost your career or a hiring manager eager to find skilled staff, this is a pertinent question. In this review, I assess the certificate based on the syllabus, and not the course content itself i.e. I have not complete...
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9 new books added to Big Book of R
06 December 2021 Every time I update Big Book of R I’m blown away by how much good stuff is out there! In this release there’s 9 new books which covers the widest range of topics of any release to date :). Thanks to Sivuyile Nzimeni for one of the adds! Thinking Outside The Grid – A “bare bones” intro to Rtistry concepts in R using ggp...
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