Re: [R] How important is set.seed

The answer may depend on the model type you are going to develop. For predictive models, yes you do need it. The dependence of predictive accuracy measures on random seeds and dependence of stabilized predictive accuracy measures on random seeds have been demonstrated and discussed in Spatial Predi

Re: [R] How important is set.seed

If you are using the program for data analysis then set.seed() is not necessary unless you are developing a reproducible example. In a standard analysis it is mostly counter-productive because one should then ask if your presented results are an artifact of a specific seed that you selected to g

[R] How important is set.seed

Hello everyone I want to know (1) In which cases, we need to use set.seed while building ML models? (2) Which is the exact location we need to put the set.seed function i.e. when we split data into train/test sets, or just before we train a model? Thank you [[alternative HTML version d

Re: [R] Bug in R-install -- sysdata.rda

On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:33:36 + Manu goswami wrote: > It's really a maze just getting any sort of developer related help > for r. I am still not able to understand where to post what. We don't have an "R administration" mailing list, so R-devel se

Re: [R] Cook's distance for least absolute deviation (lad) regressions

Dear Kelly and Jim, On 2022-03-20 9:40 p.m., Jim Lemon wrote: Hi Kelly, Perhaps the best place to look is the "car" package. There is a somewhat confusing reference in the "cookd" function help page to the "cooks.distance" function in the "base" package that doesn't seem to be there. Whether th