Recode variables in R

10 months ago

In data analysis it is often needed to set new values to a variable based on one or several conditions,…

Working with date values in R

10 months ago

R has rich resources of functions dealing with date values in data analysis. In this post, we introduce and show…

How to generate random numbers from various statistical distributions using R

10 months ago

n this post, we show how to generate random numbers into vector and matrix in R programming, from various statistical…

Creating a random sequence using sample() in R

10 months ago

It is not uncommon to generate random sequences in R programming. sample() function provides the feasibility of generating such random…

Estimating simple linear regression model using lm() in R

10 months ago

Linear regression is widely used to model the relationship between response or dependent variable and explanatory or independent variables. The…

Using exponential distributions in Python

10 months ago

The exponential distribution is modeling the probability distribution of the random time until next event occur in a Poisson event…

Append, insert and remove elements of lists in Python

11 months ago

The elements of a list can be added or removed after it has been created. To add new elements at…

Working with Python classes and instances

11 months ago

Python uses class for object-oriented programming. A class represents the general behavior or information that the programmer or data analyst…

Calculating partial correlations with R

11 months ago

When we do data analysis, random variables in the dataset are usually mutually correlated. Sometimes, we may want to measure…

Working with normal distributions in Python

11 months ago

Normal distribution is describing random variables with bell-shaped probability density functions. Normal distribution is widely used in data science because…