Applying novel statistical and visualization techniques to predict war duration, why there is more than meets the statistical eye behind a classical model benchmarking statistic, and celebrating a major milestone for pioneers in open science with R.&nbsp;<br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Colin Fay - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@colinfay" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/colinfay.bsky.social" target="_blank">@colinfay.bsky.social</a> (Bluesky) &amp; [@_ColinFay]](<a href="https://twitter.com/_ColinFay)" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/_ColinFay)</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://freerangestats.info/blog/2026/05/13/war-durations" target="_blank">Durations of wars by </a><a href="https://github.com/ellis2013nz" target="_blank">@ellis2013nz</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.ephorie.de/learning-data-science-why-a-high-r2-can-be-misleading" target="_blank">Learning Data Science: Why a High R^2 Can Be Misleading</a></li><li><a href="https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/05/13/anniversary2026/" target="_blank">15 Years of rOpenSci, and We're Just Getting Started </a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W21.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W21</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Correlates of war data set: <a href="https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/cow-war/" target="_blank">https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/cow-war/</a></li><li>tidymodels <a href="https://www.tidymodels.org/" target="_blank">https://www.tidymodels.org/</a></li><li>Donation to rOpenSci <a href="https://ropensci.org/donate/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/donate/</a></li><li>Upcoming rOpenSci events <a href="https://ropensci.org/events/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/events/</a></li><li>Software peer review <a href="https://ropensci.org/software-review/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/software-review/</a></li><li>R Pharma Hangouts recordings <a href="https://rinpharma.com/docs/hangout/recordings" target="_blank">https://rinpharma.com/docs/hangout/recordings</a></li></ul><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), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) 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">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>The Quick and the Blue - Mega Man 2 - The Megas - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090</a></li><li>Serenity &amp; Grace - Chrono Cross - timaeus222 - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143</a></li></ul>