Why R?
R is a high-quality, cross-platform, flexible, widely used open source, free language for statistics, graphics, mathematics, and data science—created by statisticians for statisticians.
R contains more than 5,000 algorithms and millions of users with domain knowledge worldwide, and it is supported by a vibrant and talented community of contributors. It allows access to both well-established and experimental statistical techniques.
R is a free, open source software environment maintained by R-projects for statistical computing and graphics, and the R source code is available under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License. R compiles and runs on a wide variety for a variety of platforms, such as UNIX, LINUX, Windows, ...
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