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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 16 June 2014 01:56:27PM 10 points [-]

Would anyone be interested in forming an R discussion/study/support group?

I have quite modest R skills, but I would like spectacular R skills that are the toast of the town and the envy of all who see them. I suspect I'm not the only person on LW with this desire, so I thought I'd sound out interest in a group to help mutually achieve this.

What I see such a group doing:

  • Sharing interesting or instructional datasets
  • Suggesting interesting projects
  • Showing off awesome stuff you've done
  • Sharing and discussing relevant media, resources and online content
  • General coordination and collaboration

Anyone interested?

Comment author: dhoe 16 June 2014 07:19:51PM 2 points [-]

I'd be interested. More in awesome stuff than R itself. I'm currently at #22 out of 99 in a Kaggle contest and am doing it in R, but don't really know what I'm doing. I do find that participating there is not a bad way to practice.

Comment author: peter_hurford 17 June 2014 01:26:34AM 0 points [-]

Congrats! Which competition?

Comment author: dhoe 17 June 2014 07:12:46AM 2 points [-]

The Schizophrenia Classification Challenge. I haven't done anything difficult, which is the biggest surprise; when I read the description I doubted I'd even be able to produce anything useful.

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