Note: Most people donrsquo;t want to be the uncool one to raise their hand and ask a question, but in many cases we really should.
These occasional ‘Raise Your Hand and Askrdquo; posts highlight cool “buzzwordsrdquo; you may have heard. My aim isnrsquo;t just to explain what they mean (that you can look up), but also why they matter.Yoursquo;ve probably heard of “R,” but have you ever seen “Rrdquo; code or tried “Rrdquo; out? If not, herersquo;s a quick read to solve that! At a minimum, yoursquo;ll get to see some R code.
If you follow along, yoursquo;ll have R installed on your system and have run a few R commands.Wikipedia describes R as a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
I think itrsquo;s popular because it combines a “conversationalrdquo; (interactive) type-and-do-it interface with powerful built-in capabilities to do complex statistics (often in a single line) and complex graphical plotting (likewise).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
These occasional ‘Raise Your Hand and Askrdquo; posts highlight cool “buzzwordsrdquo; you may have heard. My aim isnrsquo;t just to explain what they mean (that you can look up), but also why they matter.Yoursquo;ve probably heard of “R,” but have you ever seen “Rrdquo; code or tried “Rrdquo; out? If not, herersquo;s a quick read to solve that! At a minimum, yoursquo;ll get to see some R code.
If you follow along, yoursquo;ll have R installed on your system and have run a few R commands.Wikipedia describes R as a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
I think itrsquo;s popular because it combines a “conversationalrdquo; (interactive) type-and-do-it interface with powerful built-in capabilities to do complex statistics (often in a single line) and complex graphical plotting (likewise).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here