Appendix A. Working with R and other tools
In this appendix, we’ll show how you can install tools and start working with R. We’ll demonstrate some example concepts and steps, but you’ll want to follow up with additional reading.
A.1. Installing the tools
The primary tool for working our examples will be R as run inside RStudio. But other tools (databases, version control) are also highly recommended. You may also need access to online documentation or other help to get all of these tools to work in your environment. The distribution sites we list are a good place to start.
RStudio and the database tools we suggest require Java. You can download Java from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. You won’t need to ...
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