The new version is here. R version 2.11.0 has been released on 2010-04-22. The source code is first available in this directory, and eventually via all of CRAN. Binaries will arrive in due course (see download instructions above).
R 2.11.0 due date
by M. Parzakonis on March 24, 2010
This is the announcement as posted in the mailing list : This is to announce that we plan to release R version 2.11.0 on Thursday, April 22, 2010. Those directly involved should review the generic schedule at http://developer.r-project.org/release-checklist.html The source tarballs will be made available daily (barring build troubles) via http://cran.r-project.org/src/base-prerelease/ For the R Core [...]
Oh, mr counselor!
by M. Parzakonis on March 19, 2010
Xm… There were two men trying to decide what to do for a living. They went to see a counselor, and he decided that they had good problem solving skills. He tried a test to narrow the area of specialty. He put each man in a room with a stove, a table, and a pot [...]
A normal philosophy…
by M. Parzakonis on March 11, 2010
The following was sent by email to me. It originates to Youden. THE NORMAL LAW OF ERROR STANDS OUT IN THE EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND AS ONE OF THE BROADEST GENERALIZATIONS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . IT SERVES AS THE GUIDING INSTRUMENT IN RESEARCHES IN THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND IN MEDICINE AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING . [...]
Thou shalt…(could do better with the title,huh?)
by M. Parzakonis on February 26, 2010
Are these the ten commandments? MacIntyre, P.D., serves as Moses of our industry… I. Get as large a sample as you can. A. Large N provides for more stable measurement of variables, they are less likely to be affected by outliers. B. Large N also provides for distributions that are more normal, or better reflect [...]
PoRtable…
by M. Parzakonis on February 24, 2010
Jobless as I might be, I do have some clients for data analysis. I try not to visit them in their office coz then things get really slow and time-consuming. When I can’t escape this, the worst thing is tuning data and software with client. So, I have a USB with portable versions of my [...]
A normal valentine's day approach…
by M. Parzakonis on February 14, 2010
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What is(n't) a statistician…
by M. Parzakonis on February 11, 2010
The minute a statistician steps into the position of the executive who must make decisions and defend them, the statistician ceases to be a statistician. Dr. W. Edwards Deming is known as the father of the Japanese post-war industrial revival and was regarded by many as the leading quality guru in the United States. He [...]
[Event] R / Finance 2010: Applied Finance with R
by M. Parzakonis on February 6, 2010
One of the greatest event on R is under way… R / Finance 2010: Applied Finance with R April 16 & 17, Chicago, IL, US The second annual R / Finance conference for applied finance using R, the premier free software system for statistical computation and graphics, will be held this spring in Chicago, IL, [...]
This is alpha+…
by M. Parzakonis on January 24, 2010
It’s great. It could be the new google for us I can see this coming… Wolfram’s Alpha goes NYSE : Quote NBG (National Bank of Greece)
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