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Statistical Animations Using R

Statistical Animations Using R. Yihui Xie useR! 2008 @ Dortmund Aug 11, 2008. Did you know that there are three kinds of statisticians – those that can count and those that can’t. Statistics are like a bikini; What is revealed is interesting; What is concealed is crucial.

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Statistical Animations Using R

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  1. Statistical Animations Using R Yihui Xie useR! 2008 @ Dortmund Aug 11, 2008 Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  2. Did you know that there are three kinds of statisticians – those that can count and those that can’t. • Statistics are like a bikini; What is revealed is interesting; What is concealed is crucial. http://www.ilstu.edu/%7Egcramsey/Gallery.html Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  3. Outline • The animation package • Demonstrations • Future developments Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  4. The animation package • Yihui Xie (2008). animation: Demonstrate Animations in Statistics. R package version 1.0-1. http://animation.yihui.name • To turn ideas into animations (as quickly & faithfully as possible…) • Based on the common characteristic of animation and some statistical procedures • To produce animations in various formats Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  5. The animation package (cont) for (i in 1:360) { plot(1, ann = FALSE, type = "n", axes = FALSE) text(1, 1, "Animation", srt = i, col = rainbow(360)[i], cex = 7 * i/360) Sys.sleep(0.01) } Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  6. Demonstrations • Package features • Animations using R windows graphics devices • Creating animations in HTML pages (animated by JavaScript) • Third-party software • ImageMagick: GIF, MPEG (convert) • SWF Tools: Flash (png2swf, jpeg2swf, pdf2swf) • Statistical animations • Not “Tom & Jerry”, but stuff like CLT, kNN, … Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  7. Future developments • More animations in statistics • Interactivity in the Web via “Rweb” • Probably a GUI? (Tcl/Tk, gWidgets) • SWF Tools utility “swfc” Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

  8. Thanks • Contact me • xie [at] yihui.name • (++86)-10-82509086 • http://www.yihui.name/ Statistical Animations Using R - Yihui Xie

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