12 March 2010 0 Comments

Google Beta Information / Data Visualization Tool

In my previous blog I talked 6 website dedicated to visualizations. Google now has its own Data Explorer. “​The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don’t have to be a [...]

7 March 2010 0 Comments

Statistics With R – Online Books, Code and Some Other Useful Resources

Statistics With R – Online Books, Code and Some Other Useful Resources

Online Books Statistics with R by Vincent Zoonekynd, 2007   It covers 1. Introduction to R 2. Programming in R 3. From Data to Graphics 4. Customizing graphics 5. Factorial methods: Around Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 6. Clustering 7. Probability Distributions 8. Estimators and Statistical Tests 9. Regression 10. Other regressions 11. Regression Problems — [...]

7 March 2010 1 Comment

Statistics With R – Why? and Why Not?

Statistics With R

When doing math or numerical analysis, the knowledge of the technique is far too often tied to the tool performing the calculation.  Consider an engineer whose understanding of the Fast Fourier transformation is inseparably tied to the fft function in Matlab.  Of course this hypothetical engineer understands what the results mean (more or less) but [...]

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5 March 2010 1 Comment

6 Website for Information Visualization / Data Visualization

6 Website for Information Visualization / Data Visualization

Many Eyes [FREE] Many Eyes is a bet on the power of human visual intelligence to find patterns. Jump right to our visualizations now, take a tour, or read on for a leisurely explanation of the project. Tasty Data Goodies – Swivel [Not Free] Swivel is a website where people share reports of charts and [...]