This chapter introduces the R tool, environment, workspace, variables, data types, and fundamental tool-related concepts. This chapter also covers how to install R and RStudio. After reading this chapter, you’ll have enough foundational topics to start R programming for data analysis.
2.1 Data Analysis Tools
Many commercial and free tools are available to perform data analysis. In this book, we focus on using R, a software package that is one of the most popular statistical/analytical tools available. ...
