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R for the Rest of Us
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R for the Rest of Us

by David Keyes
June 2024
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
5h 50m
English
No Starch Press
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INTRODUCTION

In early 2020, as the world struggled to contain the spread of COVID-19, one country succeeded where others did not: New Zealand. There are many reasons New Zealand was able to tackle COVID-19. One was the R programming language (yes, really).

This humble tool for data analysis helped New Zealand fight COVID-19 by enabling a Ministry of Health team to generate daily reports on cases throughout New Zealand. Based on the information in these reports, officials were able to develop policies that kept the country largely free of COVID-19. The team was small, however, so producing the reports every day with a tool like Excel wouldn’t ...

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