This document provides an overview of the R programming language. It discusses the history and development of R, key features such as its use for statistical analysis and graphics, popular R packages and GUIs, how to install and use R, applications of R across various industries, and a comparison to other languages. The conclusion emphasizes that R is a powerful yet challenging open-source tool for statistical analysis and machine learning.
This document provides an overview of the R programming language. It discusses the history and development of R, key features such as its use for statistical analysis and graphics, popular R packages and GUIs, how to install and use R, applications of R across various industries, and a comparison to other languages. The conclusion emphasizes that R is a powerful yet challenging open-source tool for statistical analysis and machine learning.
This document provides an overview of the R programming language. It discusses the history and development of R, key features such as its use for statistical analysis and graphics, popular R packages and GUIs, how to install and use R, applications of R across various industries, and a comparison to other languages. The conclusion emphasizes that R is a powerful yet challenging open-source tool for statistical analysis and machine learning.
This document provides an overview of the R programming language. It discusses the history and development of R, key features such as its use for statistical analysis and graphics, popular R packages and GUIs, how to install and use R, applications of R across various industries, and a comparison to other languages. The conclusion emphasizes that R is a powerful yet challenging open-source tool for statistical analysis and machine learning.
Introduction History of R Features in R Companies using R GUI Of R Installing R R package R console Application of R Comparison with other languages. Pros and cons of R Conclusion Introduction
R is an open source programming language and software environment
for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analytics tools History of R
Modelled after S & S-plus, developed at AT&T labs in late 1980s.
R project was started by Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka
Department of Statistics, University of Auckland (1995).
Currently maintained by R core development team – an
international team of volunteer developers (since 1997). Features of R
There are many things R
can do for data scientists and analysts. These for key features are what set R apart from the crowd of statistical languages: Companies using R
Google uses R to calculate the ROI of advertising campaigns.
Ford uses R to improve the design of its vehicles. Twitter uses R to monitor user experience. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) uses R to simulate tests on new food and medicinal products before they are given permission to be manufactured. The US National Weather Service uses R to predict severe flooding. The Human Rights Data Analysis Group uses R to quantify the impact of war. R is being used by The New York Times to create infographics. GUI Of R
Standard R is accessed over the command line. However, users who prefer an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) are in luck. There are many GUIs available for R, some of which are free and open source. If you’d like to learn more about R GUIs, here are six of the most popular options: Rstudio Open Source Version Rattle Deducer RKWard JGR (pronounced “Jaguar” and standing for “Java Gui for R”) Installing R
Open an internet browser and go to www.r-project.org.
Click the “download R” link in the middle of the page under “Getting Started.” Select a CRAN location (a mirror site) and click the corresponding link. Click on the “Download R for Windows” link at the top of the page. Click on the “install R for the first time” link at the top of the page. Click “Download R for Windows” and save the executable file somewhere on your computer. Run the .exe file and follow the installation instructions. Now that R is installed, you need to download and install Rstudio. R package
There are hundreds of free R packages and
libraries that are constantly being developed and improved by a rich and diverse developer community. But today we’ll look at the most popular R packages that you must know of. R console
The console window (in RStudio, the bottom left panel) is the place where R is waiting for you to tell it what to do, and where it will show the results of a command. You can type commands directly into the console, but they will be forgotten when you close the session. Application of R
R acts as a tool, used to make sense of big data and to gain use from it. R has also proved itself usefulness in research by processing large amounts of data in less time. R is a statistical research tool. It is still used by statisticians and students to perform various statistical computations and analyses. R is also used for machine learning research and deep learning as well. Many governmental departments use R for record-keeping and processing their censuses. This helps them in effective law-making and governance. Pictorial representation of application of R Comparison with other languages Conclusion
R is free and open-source, making it possible for anyone to have access to world-class statistical analysis tools. It is used widely in academia and the private sector and is the most popular statistical analysis programming language today. Learning R isn’t easy — if it was, data scientists wouldn’t be in such high demand. However, there is no shortage of quality resources you can use to learn R if you’re willing to put in the time and effort
