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R Programming · Module 1 of 10

Getting started with R

R is a language built for statistics, data analysis and charts.

📖 Key ideas

  1. R is free and open source, popular with statisticians and data scientists.
  2. RStudio (Posit) is the most used IDE.
  3. Run code in the console or in scripts (.R files).
  4. Packages from CRAN extend R: install.packages("dplyr").
  5. Load a package with library(dplyr).
💡 Real-life example: R is a statistician's calculator that can also draw charts and write reports.
RLanguage for statistics and data
RStudioPopular IDE for R
CRANR package repository
library()Loads a package