A statistical learning web service, in R

by mariorz on 6/23/2009, 3:38 AM with 6 comments
  • by aneesh on 6/23/2009, 4:00 AM

    R is very powerful, but its use is mostly limited to statisticians. So providing a simple interface for people to leverage predictive models built in R is a great idea.

    But their sample output (http://predict.i2pi.com/8MjSV2AA) just shows the distributions of all the input variables. I don't actually see any predictions.

    Edit: There are no predictions there because there are no "NA"'s in the sample file to predict. You would think they'd create a demo file that would showcase the predictions!

  • by i2pi on 6/23/2009, 4:27 PM

    Hi - The interface is not very intuitive. I can say that with some authority as I'm the guy behind this. The idea was to get it out and see how people use it.

    And so far I'm seeing that many people are getting confused by the correct file format and how to annotate predictions. But given that so many people are giving it a go, I'll spend some time cleaning it up and making it more user friendly.

    Thanks for all of your interest.

    Josh

  • by snewe on 6/23/2009, 3:39 PM