R programming includes several data sets built into the operating system. But many of these data sets are somewhat outdated. The very popular mtcars dataset, which was created based on statistical data from Motor Trend magazine, mentions vehicles that are 40 years into the past compared to 2022. Other data…

With many options online that support frameworks and concepts, people face a dizzying array of choices that may or may not teach useful concepts. Here’s how to know what to select that aids your education best. — Technical professionals usually follow sites such as DEV.to, DZone, Hackernoon, and Medium to learn the latest techniques on their software programming language or how to use a solution like an IDE. Many times, people are learning how to solve a specific problem.

The workhorse statement of programming code is the if-then condition statement. No matter the language, developers turn to this idea of expressing an “if-this, then-that” decision as a good starting place for learning programming. In R programming there are two options for expressing an if-then condition. One if-else choice is…

Boolean operators can help you identify logic discrepancy in a vector — Sometimes a few lines of code can check a degree of data agreement between models in a data frame or table — just enough to help identify overlap of numbers or note…

Moving averages can capture important trends in volatile data — Let’s face it — not every manager will understand the mechanics behind trends within a given set of data. They do know trends are an essential topic behind executing a strategy. Trending metrics indicate what kind of performance is occurring for a given set of data. Are sales improving over…

If you are looking for ways to refine your social media, you should look at tools specifically designed for your platform. Each one has a variation of analytics-light tools, such as the analytics for Twitter. A useful tool is the ability to search what terms are consistently popular. Google has…

For or while loops are a basic part of programming — you see examples on just about every basic education site. Their use in R programming is no exception. But loops must be used with some consideration of the underlying structure of…

How floating points influence machine learning — A floating point can seem like a very nuanced academic topic for creating a data model. However, it is a concept that has become important as data calculations involving decision-influencing machine learning have been increasing over the…

In May 2017, Zimana founder Pierre DeBois was interviewed at InteropITX in Las Vegas. Pierre stopped by the Information Week News desk to speak with Jim Conolly, Executive Managing Editor, offering his insights on All Analytics, an analytics online community, and on the state of business intelligence today. …