Tag Archives: experiments

Stratified Random Sampling in R–A Function in Progress

By Ananda | Published: May 15, 2011

IMPORTANT: This is here mostly to remind me of how I solved my problem. You should read Stratified random sampling in R from a data frame if you really want to use this function. I know that sampling is quite complex, and I will admit that I know very little about its complexities. Fortunately, software [...]

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The new sample size calculator for R (already)

By Ananda | Published: September 10, 2010

aka “Maybe I shouldn’t post so quickly” Just hours ago, I posted my first set of functions for R to determine the sample size for a known population. Then, I had to update that post to reflect my newfound knowledge, and now, I thought I would update again, so that the best functions I came [...]

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A sample size calculator function for R

By Ananda | Published: September 10, 2010

IMPORTANT: This is here mostly to remind me of how I solved my problem. You should read The new sample size calculator for R (already) if you really want to use this function. In the research class at the Tata-Dhan Academy, students are currently getting into sampling, so I thought I would introduce them to [...]

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Using the reshape package in R for pivot-table-like functionality

By Ananda | Published: August 8, 2010

A little more than a week ago, I wrote about creating pivot tables in Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org. I also mentioned that I would explain how to do similar calculations by using R. This post will explain how to achieve similar results in R by using the reshape package. I had initially started experimenting with [...]

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Font experiments, Part 2

By Ananda | Published: May 20, 2010

My initial excitement about the Google Font Directory is a little bit diminished right now.

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Font experiments

By Ananda | Published: May 20, 2010

Google just launched the Google Font Directory (beta, of course) and the Google Font API which provides web-designers with an easy way to extend the font options that tend to limit many websites. Using the service is pretty simple: go to the font directory, find the font you want to use, and follow the simple [...]

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CintaNotes and TiddlyWiki and Dropbox Fun

By Ananda | Published: October 20, 2009

Kiran just reminded me the other day of something I heard about some one year ago or something, but which I had sort of shrugged off because of my slow internet connection: Dropbox. Well, with the reminder came with another set of exploration, in particular, beyond backup, sharing, and synchronization–all of which Dropbox does really [...]

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