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A Guide to the R Programming Language in Charting Predictive Pathways with Statistical Learning
This comprehensive guide explores R's core utilities, from data preparation and model selection to training, evaluation, and refinement. Learn how packages like 'caret' and 'ggplot2' enhance your ability to create …
Looking to the Past to Predict the Future: The Power of Statistical Learning
April celebrates Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, emphasizing the significance of statistical learning in forecasting future events by analyzing past data. Such analysis informs predictions in diverse areas including finance, …
Data Analysis and Statistical Training Needs - What Do YOU Need?
Complete this survey to assess your data analysis and statistical training needs, to inform new AuthorAID learning provisions.
Limitations of online survey tools for developing countries
Only 29% of people in Africa have Internet access. This may cause sampling biases, in turn resulting in incorrect predictions of the behaviour of one's survey variables.
Statistical significance level: The science behind the art in research publication - Part 2
Felix Emeka Anyiam looks at Tests of Significance (TOS), how they differ from statistical significance and when to apply a Fisher’s Exact Test (FET).
Communicating with Our Statistician Colleagues
Good communication with your statistican colleague is critical for a successful collaboration, but it takes more than an email.
Statistical significance level: The science behind the art in research publication - Part 1
Felix Emeka Anyiam introduces us to the science of statistical significance
Free data analysis using R
In this blog post, Alan Parker – scientific consultant and physical chemist at Rational Formulation – explains how the free software ‘R’ can be used for data analysis.
How to choose the right statistical tests
Abiodun Egbetokun, based at the National Centre for Technology Management in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, tackles a common challenge faced by doctoral students and young researchers: the choice of appropriate statistical tests. …