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: 4, Funny) by ShadowSystems on Sunday August 28 2016, @09:49AM
Because my screen reader can't distinguish between homophones, the article title made me think it was a tutorial in *Augmented Reality*, commonly read as A.R. or "R". So I had to read the article all the way through before I realized it was NOT about AR but about *R* instead.
Bah! I wanna learn how to code up AR realms to mess with the minds of you Sighted Folks! Upside down trees, sideways sidewalks, buildings that start inside out & Moebious themselves like an MC Escher nightmare, creatures that look like one thing but sound like another, cars that look like Formula-1 racers but sound like farting monkies... Blue grass, green sky, orange water, dancing purple hippos, plaid horses, rainbow sparkly chickens that breathe fire & lay grenades, dogs chased by cats that are themselves chased by hummingbirds with laser nipples...
AR is the way to go, not merely R!
*Shakes a palsied fist at the article headline*
Dang you homophones! Get off'n my AR Lawn!
*Cough*
=-)p
I'll go away now, it's time for my medication again & I've got to hide before they find me!
*Runs away laughing like a crazed chipmunk*