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How to create decorators in R
Introduction One of the coolest features of Python is its nice ability to create decorators. In short, decorators allow us…
3 recommended books on learning R
I sometimes get asked how I got started learning R. I thought I would use this post to go through…
How is information gain calculated?
This post will explore the mathematics behind information gain. We'll start with the base intuition behind information gain, but then…
Evaluate your R model with MLmetrics
This post will explore using R's MLmetrics to evaluate machine learning models. MLmetrics provides several functions to calculate common metrics…
How to import Python classes into R
Background This post is going to talk about how to import Python classes into R, which can be done using…
mapply and Map in R
An older post on this blog talked about several alternative base apply functions. This post will talk about how to…
How to get an AUC confidence interval
Background AUC is an important metric in machine learning for classification. It is often used as a measure of a…
Really large numbers in R
This post will discuss ways of handling huge numbers in R using the gmp package. The gmp package The gmp…
BeautifulSoup vs. Rvest
This post will compare Python's BeautifulSoup package to R's rvest package for web scraping. We'll also talk about additional functionality…
Testing the Collatz Conjecture with R
Background The Collatz Conjecture is a famous unsolved problem in number theory. If you're not familiar with it - the…