AA QUICK INTRODUCTION TO R

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In this book, we use the R programming language to do some tricky mathematical work for us. R is a programming language that specializes in statistics and data science. If you don’t have experience with R, or with programming in general, don’t worry—this appendix will get you started.

R and RStudio

To run the code examples in this book, you’ll need to have R installed on your computer. To install R, visit https://cran.rstudio.com/ and follow the installation steps for the operating system you’re using.

Once you’ve installed R, you should also install RStudio, an integrated development environment (IDE) that makes it ...

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