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  • R Corner
    started R with, you can get this into a dataframe, let's call it "MyData," by using this command: MyData <- ... "c:\\R\\Rcorner\\test.csv", row.names=FALSE) Now let's discuss how to use the RODBC package to get database ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The R Corner
    theory;Predictive modeling; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Table" --> The R Corner By Steve Craighead This month ... month the R corner will be looking at Vincent Goulet's actuar R package. Vincent is a professor at Laval University ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • R Corner – Combining Cluster Analysis and Predictive Modeling
    craighead@ towersperrin.com. FOOTNOTES 1 Craighead, S. (2000), “Insolvency Testing: An Empirical Analysis of ... org/library/research/actuarial-research-clearing- house/2000-09/2000/arch-2/arch00v26.pdf. 2 CLARA algorithm, see: ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Oct 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • R Corner – Graphics
    aspx[2/15/2012 3:30:46 PM] ISSUE 35 | APRIL 2010 Table of Contents Letter From The Chair Editorial Horses ... of R graphics from the extensive list (now over 2000) of all R packages. The link is here. Conclusions ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Apr 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • R Corner – Creating Historical Portfolios
    aspx[2/14/2012 10:58:47 PM] ISSUE 38 | JANUARY 2011 Table of Contents CompAct Editorial January 2011 Letter ... Nonlinear Interpolation With Excel To Construct U.S. Treasury Bond Yield Curve R Corner - Creating ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Jan 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • Analytics You Should Know but Don’t
    Analytics You Should Know but Don’t Overview of the session “Analytics You Should Know, ... Predictive modeling; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Table" --> Analytics You Should Know but Don't By Steve ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The Technical Corner
    The Technical Corner This article looks at an extensive integrated collection ... science;Modeling efficiency; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Table" --> The Technical Corner By Steve Craighead Today ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Sep 2007
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The R Corner
    use this: with(subset(inf,gender=="M" & UWclass=="S"),sum(Reserve)) [1] 89223.67 To demonstrate how the ... be used: sum(inf[inf$gender==”M” & inf$UWclass==”S”,]$Reserve) [1] 89223.67 The above command doesn’t ...
    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Apr 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • R Corner
    command sqlFetch will fetch the data from a specific table in the database. I have created a simple MS Access ... mdb” and it contains one table called “Example.” The contents of this table are displayed in Figure ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Jan 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • R Corner—Model Formula Framework
    predictor3 In generalized linear models, you may use the s() con- vention. When you surround a variable by this ... model. For instance: observed ~ s(predictor1) + predictor2 + s(predictor3) would fit observed by ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Jul 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software