R is a programming language.
R is often used for statistical computing and graphical presentation to analyze and visualize data.
Example
How to output some text, and how to do a simple calculation in R:
"Hello World!"
5 + 5
Result:
[1] "Hello World!"
[1] 10
Example
How you can use R to easily create a graph with numbers from 1 to 10 on both the x and y axis:
plot(1:10)
Result:
What is R
R is a popular programming language used for statistical computing and graphical presentation.
Its most common use is to analyze and visualize data.
Why Use R?
- It is a great resource for data analysis, data visualization, data science and machine learning
- It provides many statistical techniques (such as statistical tests, classification, clustering and data reduction)
- It is easy to draw graphs in R, like pie charts, histograms, box plot, scatter plot, etc++
- It works on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- It is open-source and free
- It has a large community support
- It has many packages (libraries of functions) that can be used to solve different problems
Get Started
This tutorial will teach you the basics of R.
It is not necessary to have any prior programming experience.
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