A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. (Related posts: Exploring survey data with the pewmethods R package, Weighting ...

The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The package names in the table are clickable if ...

In addition to being open source (i.e. FREE, which is awesome!), there is a large and constantly growing community of people sharing their "R packages" (which is even more awesome!). These packages ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. (Related posts: Introducing pewmethods: An R package for working with survey ...

A 2021 Chevy Corvette fitted with what the new-for-2021 Stingray R package has been photographed at the Rolex 24 Hour race, which Corvette Racing just finished sweeping (more on that later). In August ...

R has some excellent mapping options. There is the leaflet R package, which I use when I want to do a lot of customization. There is tmap, which I like for its nice balance between power and ease of ...