CHAPTER 14

R Statistical Programing Software for Data Science

R for Data Analysts

Introduction

Here we introduce R and provide an overview of this statistical programming language. R is a powerful and widely used software for data analysis and machine learning applications. It is free and can be downloaded easily. This chapter introduces the software, provides the basic statistical features, and instructions on how to download R and R studio. The software can be downloaded to run on all major operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix.

R statistical analysis programming language was designed for statistical computing and graphics and is widely used by statisticians, data mining36 and data science professionals for data analysis. ...

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