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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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…

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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…

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The Commonwealth Games have just finished on the Gold Coast. What an inspirational event!. Countries won medals that  had never done so before. There had equal male and female medal opportunities and para athletic events …

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Case studies We are hoping to add a few case studies over the next two months. We would like to receive data-sets from our users if you have a nice example. What experimental designs are…

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Computing power and software programs have made the analysis of mixed models more available. If you have undertaken one statistical course you may be wondering “where can I get an introduction to the principles of…

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Every few months R brings out some new functionality. We will highlight some useful code with simple examples to help you. We realise that not all scientist are sitting in the headquarters with easy access…

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A new version of RStudio has arrived. Link to new features

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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…

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