Faster For Loops in R

Here is a way to make your for loops run faster:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/faster-for-loops-in-r/

Value of pictures

"The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see." 

- John W. Tukey

Beyond piquing our interest, mathematical images can also serve as tools for solving problems or even as explanations for already conjectured ideas.

http://blogs.ams.org/blogonmathblogs/2013/11/06/see-math-see-math-run/

Basics of Histograms

Histograms are used very often to show the distributions of variables. Although the basic command for histograms in R is simple, getting histogram to look exactly like you want takes getting to know a few options of the plot. Here are some ways to customize your histogram for your needs:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/basics-of-histograms/

Maximum Likelihood versus Goodness of Fit

If we have an i.i.d. sample, which can be modeled using two different families of distributions, how do we choose the best one:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/maximum-likelihood-versus-goodness-of-fit/

How much a Statistician earns?

If you are planning to go to USA, which job would be most rewarding:

http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2013/11/01/salarysurveyspaig/

Evergrowing CRAN

The number of CRAN packages has been increasing rapidly recently. There were about 4200 pacakges available when R 2.15.2 was released on October 26, 2012. As of today, there are 749 additional packages in the Bioconductor repository, and hundreds more R packages on GitHub. In any case, there are easily more than 6000 open-source R packages available. Here is a report:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/cran-now-has-5000-r-packages/

Mapping Earthquakes

Visualization of Philippine Earthquakes using R:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/r-mapping-philippine-earthquakes-october-2013/

Interaction Terms in Linear Models

Here is a visual interpretation of interaction terms in linear models using R:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/visual-interpretation-of-interaction-terms-in-linear-models-with-ggplot-rstats/

Growth Rate of Calculus Textbooks

Do you think calculus is growing?

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~vadim/AMM%20calculus.pdf

Greatest Mathematicians Ever

Here is a look into the biographies of the Greatest Mathematicians Ever:

http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm