If you have questions about r like how to download and install the software, or what the license terms are, please read our answers to frequently asked questions before you send an email. R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics It is a gnu project which is similar to the s language and environment which was developed at bell laboratories (formerly at&t, now lucent technologies) by john chambers and colleagues. Cran has a growing list of contributed documentation in a variety of languages. This is an introduction to r (“gnu s”), a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics Our introduction to the r environment did not mention statistics, yet many people use r as a statistics system
We prefer to think of it of an environment within which many classical and modern statistical techniques have been implemented. R is ‘gnu s’, a freely available language and environment for statistical computing and graphics which provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques Linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc. Please visit that page especially during beta stages to help us test the macos binaries before final release! R can use your help Package developers might want to contact uwe ligges directly in case of questions / suggestions related to windows binaries
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