July 2025
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Chapter 21
Ten Valuable Online R Resources
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding websites for R users
Learning from online documents
One reason for the rapid rise of R is the supportive R community. It seems that as soon as someone becomes proficient in R, they immediately want to share their knowledge with others — and the web is the place to do it. This chapter points you to some of the helpful web-based resources the R community has created.
Websites for R Users
As you work with R, you might run into a situation or two that requires some expert help. The websites in this section can provide the assistance you need.
R-bloggers
As I write this, the R-bloggers website comprises the efforts of hundreds of R bloggers. Visit www.r-bloggers.com/ to sample their efforts.
Statistics Ph.D. candidate Tal Galili runs the show. As he says, his objective is to empower R bloggers to empower R users. In addition to the blogs, you’ll find links to courses, conferences, and job opportunities.
Posit
The driving force behind RStudio, and now R, Posit has quickly developed into a go-to resource for all things R. And, best of all, everything they create is open source. Visit https://posit.co/ and see for yourself.
Datacamp
This terrific website covers a variety of areas within AI. To find the extensive ...
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