Hide a picture of Homer Simpson in a residual plot of all places? Oh it's real, you could say "surreal!" Plus a data-driven approach to investigate recent changes to the Australian census, and a cautionary reminder to check just where those numbers are coming from the next time you build a prediction model.<br /><br />Plus the quest to make R the official language for the Coder Radio program reaps a new reward!<br /><br /><br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - <a href="https://mstdn.social/@R_by_Ryo" target="_blank">@R<em>by</em>[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://twitter.com/R_by_Ryo" target="_blank">@R<em>by</em>Ryo</a>) (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=surreal" target="_blank">{surreal} 0.0.1</a>: Create Datasets with Hidden Images in Residual Plots</li><li><a href="https://freerangestats.info/blog/2024/09/08/sex-gender" target="_blank">Gender and sexuality in Australian surveys and census</a></li><li><a href="https://win-vector.com/2024/09/09/please-version-data/" target="_blank">Please Version Data</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W38.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2024-W38</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Surfing the WSL Wave - Coder Radio episode 587 <a href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/coder-radio/587/" target="_blank">https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/coder-radio/587/</a></li><li>Brian (bhh32) on <a href="https://primal.net/p/npub1gw972dngerjd338n8gydyvh7ev28pgpl5ru0w9ru5dr3gcyxs9mqcn58gl" target="_blank">Nostr</a></li><li>surreal <a href="https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/surreal/" target="_blank">https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/surreal/</a></li><li>Residual Plots and Data Sets (archived version) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100125/https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~stefanski/NSFSupported/HiddenImages/statresplots.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100125/https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~stefanski/NSF<em>Supported/Hidden</em>Images/stat<em>res</em>plots.html</a></li><li>Labels for Technical Writing Projects <a href="https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/12/labels-writing-projects/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/12/labels-writing-projects/</a></li><li>Express to Impress: Leveraging IBCS Standards for Powerful Data Presentations <a href="https://medium.com/number-around-us/express-to-impress-leveraging-ibcs-standards-for-powerful-data-presentations-3c3a269f0ec0" target="_blank">https://medium.com/number-around-us/express-to-impress-leveraging-ibcs-standards-for-powerful-data-presentations-3c3a269f0ec0</a></li></ul><br /><br /><br />Supporting the show<br /><ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a> </li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@mike<em>[email protected]</em></a><em> (Mastodon) and </em><a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank"><em>@mike</em>ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter) </li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Moonlight Vibin' - Mega Man X5 - DCT - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053</a></li><li>You Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy IX - Sonicade - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064</a></li></ul>