I received a list of numbers in Excel and needed to: Eliminate the blank lines Where values separated by a comma like “1323290, 4324432187” appeared, make each value appear on its own row, sans a comma a la: 1323290 4324432187 Solution in Notepad++: Eliminate the blank lines by “Remove Empty Lines” under Edit -> Line […]
These data will be used in my segment of a Linear Regression basics talk I am doing Tuesday, September 25, 2018 with Kevin Feasel at Vaco Raleigh. Register for free HERE (may have to join the group first, also free). A few data concerns that caused my prior output to be flawed: Walking events caused […]
I am preparing with TriPASS leader, Kevin Feasel, a data science talk discussing Linear Regression for Tuesday, September 25th at Vaco Raleigh (near PNC Arena). Part of my presentation will explore the prediction of track running times during this Summer’s Carolina Godiva Track Club Summer Track Series (2018). I have written a few blog posts […]
[Thank you Dr. Di Cook for featuring this blog post among the Project:Data Stories on your ETC 1010: Data Modelling and Computing webpage]. I am voluntarily helping a friend, Carl Lanore, with Facebook advertising for his business, Super Human Radio Network – featuring the health / physical culture-focused podcast, Super Human Radio. This is a […]
With an hour remaining until the final Carolina Godiva Track Club Summer Track Series all-comers track meet, let’s dash out a blog post as if more excitement was needed. Having created the R data frame (track_res_all) with the 2018 results via the code at the bottom of the last blog post, it is my pleasure […]
Using Excel (.xls) files containing World Masters Athletics age-graded track tables on Howard Grubb’s website (http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/data/wavacalc06.xls), I have an R data frame that stores age-graded track performances for this year’s Carolina Godiva Track Club Summer Track Series track meets. These are all-ages, all-abilities races hand-timed by volunteers and often begun by our fearless, ear-protecting, honorable […]
While I am on vacation, I made a personal commitment to complete a blog post about the Carolina Godiva Track Club Summer Series by the time of today’s meet. A personal goal is to contribute to the improvement of public health by encouraging more Americans to exercise. The Carolina Godiva Track Club, of which I […]
