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How to plot a large rural area using Ordnance Survey data in R

Posted on April 10, 2021May 4, 2022 By Rob
How to plot a large rural area using Ordnance Survey data in R
Geospatial data, Landmark Atlas, Learn

How to use Ordnance Survey data for a base map in R.

Let R tell you what to watch on Netflix

Posted on February 8, 2021February 11, 2021 By Rob
Let R tell you what to watch on Netflix
Learn

How to build an app that recommends shows you might like on Netflix.

How to access Open Street Map in R

Posted on December 15, 2020May 4, 2022 By Rob
How to access Open Street Map in R
Geospatial data, Landmark Atlas, Learn

An introduction to Open Street Map and how to access its data through R.

Five more useful spatial functions from the sf package

Posted on December 11, 2020January 7, 2021 By Rob
Five more useful spatial functions from the sf package
Geospatial data, Landmark Atlas, Learn

Five more useful functions from the sf package.

How to Perform Sentiment Analysis on Tweets

Posted on December 23, 2019December 22, 2020 By Rob
How to Perform Sentiment Analysis on Tweets
Learn

Investigate the tone of tweets from Twitter using the API.

Machine Learning in R: Using nearest neighbours to work out Premier League footballers’ positions

Posted on November 23, 2019December 22, 2020 By Rob
Learn

A dive into machine learning in R

How to track your fantasy football league using R

Posted on November 12, 2019December 22, 2020 By Rob
How to track your fantasy football league using R
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Track the joy and the pain of FPL using R.

Which Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur players follow each other on Twitter?

Posted on November 9, 2019December 22, 2020 By Rob
Which Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur players follow each other on Twitter?
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Do any of these footballing rivals follow each other on social media?

How to make a UK Local Authority choropleth map in R

Posted on October 20, 2019May 4, 2022 By Rob
How to make a UK Local Authority choropleth map in R
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Particularly useful in the time of COVID-19 – how visualise different local rates around the UK.

How to Use googlesheets to Connect R to Google Sheets

Posted on December 12, 2017 By Rob
How to Use googlesheets to Connect R to Google Sheets
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Often I use R to handle large datasets, analyse the data and filter out the data I don’t need. When all this is done, I usually use write.csv() to print my data off and reopen it in Google Sheets. My workflow would look something like this: full_data <- read.csv(“some_dataset.csv”) #R analysis ending up with relevant_data write.csv(relevant_data, … Read More “How to Use googlesheets to Connect R to Google Sheets” »

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