In case you missed them, here are some articles from June of particular interest to R users. The FDA goes on the record that it’s OK to use R for drug trials. A review of talks at the useR! 2012 conference. Using the negative binomial distribution to convert monthly fecundity into the chances of having a baby in a given time period. Some benchmarks and a video demonstration of big-data Tweedie models with Revolution R Enterprise. Why Orbitz’s R-based models present more expensive hotels to Mac users. How to convert a rugby score to an equivalent soccer score, with GAMs….
David Smith