Using the R language inside SQL Server gives us the opportunity to get knowledge out of data. We introduced R and R support in SQL Server in the previous chapter, and this chapter demonstrates how you can use R for advanced data exploration, statistical analysis, and predictive modeling, way beyond the possibilities offered by using the T-SQL language only.
You will start with intermediate statistics: exploring associations between two discrete and two continuous variables, and one discrete and one continuous variable. You will also learn about linear regression, where you explain the values of a dependent continuous variable with a linear regression formula using one or more continuous input ...
