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'''R''' is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics. | '''R''' is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics. | ||
Its software and manual are online at http://cran.r-project.org/. | Its software and manual are online at http://cran.r-project.org/. Third party books are available for learning R.<ref name="isbn1-4200-7933-6">{{cite book |author=Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition |edition= |language= |publisher=Chapman & Hall/CRC |location=Boca Raton |year=2009 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=1-4200-7933-6 |oclc= |doi= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="isbn0-387-79053-5">{{Cite book | author = Dalgaard, Peter | title = Introductory Statistics with R (Statistics and Computing) | date = | publisher = Springer | location =New York | isbn = 0-387-79053-5 | pages = }}</ref> | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 4 November 2009
R is an open source programming language for statistical analysis and graphics.
Its software and manual are online at http://cran.r-project.org/. Third party books are available for learning R.[1][2]
Uses
Statistics
An interactive package for instructions (12 pages) on using R for statistics is available[3] with a commercial book for further detail (376 pages).[1]
Meta-analysis
R has a package rmeta, for analyzing a meta-analysis with documentation provided by both an interaction package (HSAUR2) a chapter, "Meta-Analysis: Nicotine Gum and Smoking Cessation and the Effcacy of BCG Vaccine in the Treatment of Tuberculosis" in "A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R".[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian (2009). A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN 1-4200-7933-6.
- ↑ Dalgaard, Peter. Introductory Statistics with R (Statistics and Computing). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-79053-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Torsten Hothorn; Everitt, Brian. CRAN - Package HSAUR, 2nd ed.