Using R and RStudio for Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics, 2nd Edition

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Appendix A

Introduction to R and RStudio

This chapter provides a (brief) introduction to R and RStudio. R is a free, open-source

software environment for statistical computing and graphics [77, 130]. RStudio is an open-

source integrated developement environment for R that adds many features and produc-

tivity tools for R. The chapter includes a short history, installation information, a sample

session, background on fundamental structures and actions, information about help and

documentation, and other important topics.

R is a general-purpose package that includes support for a wide variety of modern

statistical and graphical methods (many of which have been contributed by users). It is

available ...