Chapter 1. Getting R
R is a wonderful tool for statistical analysis, visualization and reporting. Its usefulness is best seen in the wide variety of fields where it is used. We alone have used R for projects with banks, political campaigns, tech startups, food startups, international development and aid organizations, hospitals and real estate developers. Other areas where we have seen it used are online advertising, insurance, ecology, genetics and pharmaceuticals. R is used by statisticians with advanced machine learning training and by programmers familiar with other languages, and also by people who are not necessarily trained in advanced data analysis but are tired of using Excel.
Before it can be used it needs to be downloaded and installed, ...
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