Installing R
To install R, you need to visit R's official website (https://www.r-project.org/), download R (https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html), choose a nearby mirror, and download a version for your operating system. At the time of writing, the latest version is 3.2.3. The examples in this book are created and run under this version in Windows and Linux, but there should not be significant differences between the output in previous versions or other supported operating systems.
If you are using Windows, just download an installer for the latest version. To install R, run the Windows installer that you just downloaded. The installation process is easy to handle, but many users may still face problems with several steps.
In the Windows drop-down, ...
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