For new and prospective users of R, just a word of encouragement. It may seem a lot of effort to use R, as it does require you to use some programming skills. However there are…
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Plan before you collect data
You need to Have a clear research question and Plan the experimental design a study before you start the experiment analyse the data! So get assistance from a mentor or colleague, or look at a…
UseR! 2019
In July I attended the User! Conference 2019. It was well attended by 1200 enthusiastic R users in Toulouse, France. There was a seminar on R for Africa, R Ladies and many amazing discussions by…
R on show with lots of Innovations
2017 USE!R Conference: Highlights 1000 delegates Youth, innovation and enthusiasm. Updated use of tidyr for wrangling and manipulating data. Managing big data sets. Spatial R packages such as sf very useful for GIS, data display…
Mixed models in use by our members?
We are currently requesting members to send us a description of their mixed model experiments. How many locations and/or years? How many blocks do you use within a location. Have you a factorial structure within your trial,…
News on the site
We are pleased to be preparing for a launch of our site by early May. The early feedback for our site, and it’s usability has been very positive. Users are looking at the site as both…
Presenting in Brisbane
Institute for Innovation in Science & Mathematics Education Showing our site by a poster and short presentation at the University of Queensland on 28 September. The site would love to hear from users, especially from…
Graduate Women International – First Conference of GWI in Africa
Recently the Graduate Women International held it’s Assembly and followed this with a Conference in Cape Town. International Graduate Women’s associations met from across the world (from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya,…
R Users around the World – make a Group?
At Stanford in June there were groups of women who have started User groups around the world. There was a session that was held to describe their initiation. They are available on Twitter, to follow…
The Use R Conference at Stanford
There will be a Lightening talk on BeST next week at the Use R Conference. It will be an opportunity to meet other statistical educators and online supporters. Look at the Use R Program
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