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<p>In case you missed them, here are some articles from October of particular interest to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://mran.microsoft.com/documents/what-is-r/">R</a> users. </p>
<p>A brief summary of the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/r-332-now-available.html">R 3.3.2 release</a>.</p>
<p>&quot;<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/data-science-with-sql-server-2016.html">Data Science with SQL Server 2016</a>&quot;, a free E-book featuring several in-depth R examples, is now available for download.</p>
<p>The ReporterRs package makes it easy to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/reporters.html">insert R output, tables and graphics into Word and Powerpoint templates</a>.</p>
<p>R-hub, an <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/r-hub-public-beta.html">online service to build and check R packages on multiple platforms</a>, is now in public beta test.</p>
<p>A <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/sharing-r-code-with-style.html">style guide for R programs</a> from Graham Williams, creator of rattle.</p>
<p>The Economist used R and the Emotion API to track <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/debate-emotions.html">emotions of the US presidential candidates</a> during the debates.</p>
<p>A <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/the-r-graph-gallery-is-back.html">new R Graph Gallery</a> by Yan Holtz contains hundreds of data charts and their R code.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/rtvs-05-now-available.html">R Tools for Visual Studio 0.5</a> adds support for publishing R code as a SQL Server stored procedure.</p>
<p>After an accident, a data scientist <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/car-valuation.html">estimates the value of a written-off vehicle with R</a>.</p>
<p>The &quot;<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/the-team-data-science-process.html">Team Data Science Process</a>&quot; and two new open-source projects from Microsoft: a visualization and exploration<br>framework; and a statistical reporting tool based on caret.</p>
<p>An <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/tilegrams-in-r.html">R function for &quot;tilegrams&quot;</a>, like US maps with states scaled to electoral college votes.</p>
<p>Upcoming <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/practical-data-science.html">data science courses</a> in Zurich, Oslo and Stockholm.</p>
<p>A tutorial on <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/tutorial-scalable-r-on-spark.html">using R on Spark</a> with SparkR, sparklyr, and RevoScaleR.</p>
<p>An animated <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/warming-globe.html">globe showing the impact of climate change</a>, created with R.</p>
<p>The ggiraph package makes it easy to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/make-ggplot-graphics2-interactive-with-ggiraph.html">add interactivity to ggplot2 graphics</a> on the web.</p>
<p>The haven package supports <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/import-data-to-r-from-other-statistics-tools-with-haven.html">reading SAS, SPSS, Stata and other data file formats into R</a>.</p>
<p>More than half of published papers in Psychology contain at least one statistical reporting error, as revealed by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/statcheck.html">the statcheck package</a>.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/r-server-data-factory.html">Build data pipelines</a> with Azure Data Factory and Microsoft R Server.</p>
<p>R used to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/homer-not-bart-is-the-star-of-the-simpsons.html">analyze the scripts of &quot;The Simpsons&quot;</a>, and create a chart in the cartoon's unique style.</p>
<p>General interest stories (not related to R) in the past month included: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/because-its-friday-dictators.html">rules for rulers</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/because-its-friday-hitchcock-vs-kubrick.html">Hitchcock-Kubrick video mashup</a>, the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/because-its-friday-earthrise.html">Earth from the Moon</a>, and the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/10/because-its-friday-dear-data.html">Dear Data project</a>.</p>
<p>As always, thanks for the comments and please send any suggestions to me at <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="mailto:davidsmi@microsoft.com">davidsmi@microsoft.com</a>. Don't forget you can follow the blog using an RSS reader, via <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blogtrottr.com/">email using blogtrottr</a>, or by following me on Twitter (I'm <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/revodavid">@revodavid</a>). You can find roundups of previous months <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/roundups/">here</a>.</p>
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