Why R?

Here’s why you should learn R. It is a data analytics tool that has many advantages. This language helps in performing statistical tests, data analyses, creating models, and provides ways to manage and manipulate data.

What is R?

R is a programming language. It provides a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. We can use R language to perform many interesting tasks such as linear regression, time series, statistical inference, etc. We can also write all the latest statistical and graphical programs using R.

For example, a statistician can use R language to find the most expensive item sold in a supermarket from its sales dataset. Or; a telecom operator could investigate operational optimizations by running simulations in R. R language makes programming easy and provides many tools for developers. It also makes it easy to build GUIs(Graphical User Interface).

Why study R?

R is used for:

  1. Statistical inference
  2. Data analysis
  3. Machine learning
  4. Executing scientific simulations
  5. Operations research

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