Hour 20. Performing Statistical Computing with R

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

Image Introduction to R

Image Integrating R with Hadoop

Image Enabling R on HDInsight

R is a popular language among data scientists for analytics and statistical computing. However, R was not designed to work with Big Data because it typically works by pulling data persisted elsewhere into memory. Recent advancements have now made it possible to leverage R for Big Data analytics.

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