Hadley Wickham, RStudio Scientist & open source pioneer, on data, stats, & philosophy
About this episode
The world has become flooded with data over the past 10 to 20 years. In Episode 635 of This Week in Startups, Hadley Wickham, Professor of Statistics at Rice University and Chief Scientist at RStudio, explains the most efficient ways to sort through the oceans of useless data and find what you’re looking for. Hadley became a rockstar in the world of data science by creating a package called ggplot2, which turns data into visualisations. Jason and Hadley also discuss the process of “open writing” in modern technical journals. Then, Jason shares his desire to make predictions, and hopes that Had…