What’s New in R: July 14, 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of What’s New in R! This week, we’re featuring a visualization guide using tidycensus, a collection of the latest updates in using AI with R, and new podcast with a very prominent guest. Let’s dive in!
Visualizing Census Data with tidycensus
In a recent blog post, the USGS Water Data team provides a comprehensive guide on how to use the tidycensus package for visualizing U.S. Census data. This tutorial walks you through the process of acquiring and plotting census data, making it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in demographic analysis. Whether you’re new to tidycensus or looking to enhance your data visualization skills, this post offers practical insights and examples.
Large Language Model tools for R
This book by Luis D. Verde Arregoitia is “an ongoing roundup of useful developments in the LLM/genAI space, with a specific focus on R.” So much is changing in this space so having someone as talented as Luis (the man behind Data Cleaning with R) keeping an eye on things is a great help!
The Test Set Episode 1: Spreadsheets, bikes, and the accidental empire of R packages
The Posit has started their own podcast, The Test Set. The first episode features Hadley Wickham. If you’ve ever wondered how the Tidyverse came together and how it maintains its central place in the R world, this is a great listen!
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