Intro to R (Part 1)
Keywords
R, open source, programming language
Abstract
At its core, R is an open source programming language for statistical computing. Let’s break this statement down a little bit.
It’s open source. This means that everything about it is free and open to the public. Open source software is in response to proprietary software which are owned by some entity, usually cost money, and have things like their source code hidden from the public. I won’t get into the politics between these two, but one positive aspect of open source stuff is that other people can contribute to it. R is an excellent example of a community-driven effort to make something better: there are thousands of user-submitted add-ons, called “packages” or “libraries” that you can download to enhance your R code. We’ll get to that later.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Stanley, Joseph A., "Intro to R (Part 1)" (2017). Faculty Publications. 6099.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6099
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2017-09-04
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8828
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
Linguistics
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