Mara Averick is a data enthusiast and R programmer who shares insights, tutorials, and tips on data analysis, visualization, and reproducible workflows. She creates and explores tools in the R ecosystem, including packages like {datapasta}, and enjoys making data more accessible and visually engaging.
31 articles from this blog
Announces the official RStudio cheat sheet for the purrr package and compiles a list of community tutorials and resources for using purrr in R.
Explains how to earn the Stack Exchange Association Bonus to gain 100 reputation points on Stack Overflow by participating in other SE sites.
A curated collection of resources and tools for learning and using Regular Expressions (RegEx) in the R programming language.
A roundup of blog posts and resources discussing various data analysis workflows and tools in the R programming language.
A curated list of tutorials and resources for learning tidy evaluation (tidyeval) in R programming, focusing on non-standard evaluation techniques.
A dual perspective on rOpenSci's open peer-review process for R packages, from both reviewer and package author viewpoints.
A visual cheat sheet for the stringr package in R, originally created in French and translated to English, for string manipulation tasks.
A developer shares their informal, visual process for creating annotated screenshots and collages to explain technical problems, using various iPad and desktop apps.
A technical guide on using the rgoodreads R package to analyze personal Goodreads reading data and critique the 5-star rating system.
A technical tutorial on creating animated GIFs from video files using Adobe Photoshop, covering import, frame selection, and timing adjustments.
Reflections on the benefits of constraints and collaboration at an R programming 'unconference', where participants built packages in two days.
