October Event: Working with Text in R!

We're back from an extended summer break with a Saturday event! Please join us for a talk by Ella Kaye on working with text in R.

Doors will open at 2:00pm and the talk will begin at 2:30pm. There will be light snacks.

The talk will be held in room 409 in the Stewart Building (149 College). Entry will be through the door on the west side of the building. Entrances to the building and room are wheelchair accessible.

Talk:
Transcending its origins as a programming language for statistics, R provides excellent tools for working with text. This tidyverse-based talk will provide an overview of some of the fantastic packages available for this, including (but not limited to) `stringr`, `RVerbalExpressions`, `tidytext` and `wordcloud`.

Speaker:
Ella is a PhD student in Statisitcs at the University of Warwick. She followed her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Philosophy with Masters degrees in History and Philosophy of Science and then Mathematics Education. Her interest in statistics was first piqued as a secondary school maths teacher when thinking about how to make the subject interesting for teenagers. An MSc in Applied Statistics followed (via a couple of years in working in market research), which lead to the PhD. Ella is an R enthusiast and package author, and the co-organiser of the Oxford R User Group. She also enjoys cooking, cycling and playing the clarinet.

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