First of all, the question is 'Why Use R'. One source answers that question thus:
R is the leading tool for statistics, data analysis, and machine learning. It is more than a statistical package; it's a programming language, so you can create your own objects, functions, and packages.
Speaking of packages, there are over 2,000 cutting-edge, user-contributed packages available on CRAN (not to mention Bioconductor and Omegahat). Many packages are submitted by prominent members of their respective fields.
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For Beginners in R, here is a 15 page example based tutorial that covers the basics of R.
These tutorials are designed for beginners in R, but they can also be used by experienced programmers as a refresher course or as reference. Running loops in R can be slow and therefore the apply group of functions as well as the reshape package can drastically improve the performance of the code.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @08:34AM
Im curious why R seems to be being promoted with submissions. It's OK. A bit shitty like all the scripted languages... and all non-scripted languages too. But why is someone is trying to pump their favorite niche language here? I know Microsoft has a stake in R, insofar as they bought an R support company. Reason?
(Score: 2) by zeigerpuppy on Sunday August 28 2016, @09:32AM
R is the leading language for statistical analysis. It's not exactly niche...
Having said that it's only dominant in one sector, 'cos that's what it's designed for.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:40PM
Please, I invite you to make a submission on something relevant to this community which interests you.
It could be a language, tool, piece of hardware, something you have done, something that you have achieved, something that you have read about or ..... Well, I think you get my drift.