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survivoR now includes US50 and AU12

May 27, 2026 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

After a couple of big seasons survivoR v2.3.12 has been updated with US50 and AU12. Get it on: As of […]

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R Survivor

Survivor 49 is now in πŸ“¦{survivoR}

January 8, 2026 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Survivor 49 has wrapped up and has been added to the {survivoR} package. It is available on If you find […]

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R Survivor

Survivor Australia vs. The World is now in {survivoR}

September 15, 2025 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Survivor Australia vs. The World has wrapped up, and the data is now available in the {survivoR} package. You can […]

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R Survivor

Season 48 is now in πŸ“¦{survivoR} + new datasets and data updates

June 20, 2025 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Survivor 48 has wrapped up, and the data has been added to the package and is now available on CRAN. […]

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R Statistics

πŸ“¦ {alone} v0.6 is now available

June 14, 2025 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Alone: Australia season 3 has finished and has been added to the {alone} R package πŸ‘ Season 3 was awesome. […]

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R Survivor

Another season, another release. {survivoR} v2.3.5 now on CRAN

January 9, 2025 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Survivor 47 has wrapped up and the data has been add to the package. There are a bunch of new […]

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πŸ“¦ {alone} v0.5 is now available

September 6, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Alone Season 11 has finished and is now available in the package and ready for analysis. As per usual install […]

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Data Science R

Wingspan Data Analysis

August 18, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Wingspan is a great game even though I’ve only played it a few times. The mechanics are great, there are […]

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Data Science R

Ignoring the IID assumption isn’t a great idea

June 16, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

The IID assumption (independent and identically distributed) is pretty important. Ignoring it can lead you to make incorrect conclusions (usually […]

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R

{alone} v0.4 is now available

June 16, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Alone Australia season 2 has finished and is now available in the package and ready for analysis. As per usual […]

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R Survivor

The Sanctuary: Stats and data from {survivoR}

June 5, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

I wanted a space to throw all my tables and charts made using the {survivoR} R package into, so I […]

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R Survivor

{survivoR} 2.3.3 is now available

May 30, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Wrapping up season 46 and time for another release of survivoR. A few new things in this release including two […]

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ggbrick is now on CRAN

March 21, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

If you’re looking for something a little different, ggbrick creates a β€˜waffle’ style chart with the aesthetic of a brick […]

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Season 10 is now included in {alone} v0.3

September 19, 2023 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Another great season of Alone has finished. I’ve now included all data in the {alone} R package. Version 0.3 is […]

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R

How to generate a hex sticker with {openai} and {cropcircles}

June 23, 2023 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Every R package needs a hex sticker. Here’s how you can generate one in seconds using generative AI.

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