Learning R Programming

This post is designed to consolidate useful R training material into one place across the internet. Please post any additional links you have into the comments.

Intro Material

The R Project

RStudio - Free R IDE

Introduction to R for Data Mining by Revolution

Introduction to Data Analysis in R with Roger Peng

Data Analysis class on Coursera, Jeff Leek from John Hopkins University

Machine Learning

Data Mining

Graph Gallery for R Enthusiasts

crantastic.org

Blogs

2012 Music Discovery Dashboard

So last year when I was trying to comb through all of the year end Album of the Year (AOTY) lists I found the process a bit tedious. I had to jump from list to list trying to remember how each album ranked. Unfortunately, some lists weren't widely available or they didn't link directly to music....

Review: "Visualize This" by Nathan Yau

Data is hot right now. From the junior analyst to the Chief Data Scientist, individuals are finding new ways to get better understanding of the raw inputs provided by employees, customers, competitors, etc. In his book,"Visualize This" , the goal of author Nathan Yau ("FlowingData" Blog; UCLA PhD) is to show how powerful data visualization can be in getting this understanding. He accomplishes this by having a laser focus on aspects of design and interpretation while using the new wave of technology that has formed and enhanced this exponentially-growing trend.

Here are my major takeaways......