Episode 11: Reproducible Analysis Part 1 (Introduction)
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 | Category: Podcast
Season 2 of the R-Podcast is up and running! This episode begins a multi-part series on reproducible analysis using R. In this episode I discuss the usage of Sweave and LaTeX for producing reproducible reports, an introduction to the capabilities of the knitr package (more episodes will be coming dedicated to this package), and my motivation for adapting reproducible analysis techniques and tools into my workflow. In our listener feedback segment I discuss a new means of providing feedback to the R-Podcast using our new sub-reddit page and introduce new segments highlighting interesting stories around the R community and useful packages. This promises to be an exciting season of the R-Podcast, and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Show Notes
- R-Podcast subreddit: links.r-podcast.org
- Sweave: http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/~leisch/Sweave/
- Knitr: http://yihui.name/knitr/
- The Duke Research Trial Saga: http://simplystatistics.org/post/18378666076/the-duke-saga-starter-set
- RStudio Shiny web application: http://www.rstudio.com/shiny/
- Listener Brock’s NHL analysis blog: http://www.brocktibert.com/blog/?s=NHL
- Guide to installing latest version of R on Ubuntu: http://darrenjw.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/keeping-r-up-to-date-on-ubuntu-linux/
- R 2.15.2 release notes: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2012/10/r-2152-now-available.html
- Guide to new theme system in ggplot 0.9.2.1: https://github.com/wch/ggplot2/wiki/New-theme-system
- Plyr package: http://plyr.had.co.nz/
- The opening theme is entitled “Super Fighting Robot X” by WillRock from the Megaman X: Maverick Rising Album at www.ocremix.org
- The closing theme is entitled “Countdown to Infinity” by WillRock from the Megaman X: Maverick Rising Album at www.ocremix.org
Episode 11 Time Stamps
00:00 The R-Podcast #011 Reproducible Analysis Part 1
00:40 Introduction
02:43 Reproducible Research: Introduction
08:18 Sweave overview
16:20 Knitr overview
20:20 The Duke University Research Saga
30:56 What version control can offer
38:34 Presenting results
42:18 Listener feedback
60:55 R community roundup
69:39 Package pick: plyr
72:04 Wrapping up: subscribe at www.r-podcast.org, theRcast@gmail.com, + 1-269-849-9780, Twitter @theRcast, Google Plus, links.r-podcast.org
77:21 End
Hosts
Eric Nantz
Eric Nantz is a principal research scientist at a large life sciences company, creating innovative analytical pipelines and capabilities supporting study designs and analyses. Outside of his day job, Eric is passionate about connecting with the R community as the creator/host of the R-Podcast, Shiny Developer Series, and a curator / podcast host for the R Weekly project. Plus, he likes to share his adventures with R and general computing on Twitch livestreams at twitch.tv/rpodcast.