Welcome to post 56 in the R⁴ series.

The recent post #54 reviewed a number of earlier posts on r-ci, our small (but very versatile) runner for continunous integration (CI) with R. The post also introduced the notion of using a container in the ‘matrix’ of jobs defined and running in parallel. The initial motivation was the (still ongoing, and still …

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<p>As a package maintainer, you might want to get some numbers or impressions on the usage of your package for various reasons: getting some confirmation that your work is useful, prioritizing development on specific features of your software, helping justify a request for funding. Don&rsquo;t get your hopes too high: there is no perfect solution nor measure. However, we will share some useful information sources in this post &ndash; many of them already used and displayed by <a href="/r-universe">R-Universe</a>!</p> …

Hold onto your hats, because 2026 promises to bring a whole slew of improvements to MCMC for continuously differentiable densities. The really awesome part is that all of these improvements are orthogonal, so they stack. I’m going to list the … Continue reading → …

This post is from Bob. Drift-diffusion models Whew. The cdf function for the seven-parameter drift-diffusion model was just merged. The pdf was merged a few months ago. This is a big deal. These pdfs and cdfs are used for in … Continue reading → …

Registration for StanCon 2026, 17-21 August, in Uppsala, Sweden, is now open! You can already register and submit abstracts for contributions. Our first keynote speaker will be announced soon. New this StanCon: In addition to tutorials, we are introducing workshops. … Continue reading → …

Joshua Brooks points us to this research article by Brooke Macnamara and Alexander Burgoyne, “Do growth mindset interventions impact students’ academic achievement? A systematic review and meta-analysis with recommendations for best practices,” which states: According to mindset theory, students who … Continue reading →</spa …

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As a package maintainer, you might want to get some numbers or impressions on the usage of your package for various reasons: getting some confirmation that your work is useful, prioritizing development on specific features of your software, helping ju…

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